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CARDINGTON. 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

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Miss  Minnett  Watson,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Willits,  Mrs.  D.  A.  Stark,  Dr.  Florence 
Smith-White. 

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Fisher,  F.  W.  Langdon,  A.  J.  Woodward. 


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YOUNG  MENS'  MERCANTILE  LIBRARY. 

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Wilby,  Capt.  Jas.  D.  Parker,  W.  W.  Brown,  E'.  H.  Hargrave,  D.  McKim  Cooke, 
Fred  W.  Hinkle. 

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CIRCLEVILLE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

A.  R.  Van  Cleaf,  Pres. ; D.  H.  Lewis,  Vice  Pres. ; G.  A.  Schleyer,  Sec. ; L.  F. 
Drescher,  I.  N.  Abernathy,  Jacob  Merz. 

CLEVELAND. 

CASE  LIBRARY. 

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liamson, Charles  W.  Bingham. 

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PUBLC  LIBRARY. 

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DAYTON. 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY  AND  MUSEUM. 

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ert M.  Allen. 


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Mrs.  Margaret  Hague,  Mrs.  Nellie  Brown,  Miss  Mary  McCullough,  Miss  Belle 
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D.  H.  Battenfield,  T.  W.  Alden,  Prof.  H.  A.  Stokes. 


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ELYRIA. 


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P.  H.  Boyntin,  H.  W.  Ingersoll,  H.  M.  Parker,  A.  L.  Garford. 


FRANKLIN. 

FREE  SCHOOL  LIBRARY. 

F.  G.  Cromer,  M.  W.  Earhart. 


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FREMONT. 

BIRCHARD  LIBRARY. 

Jas.  W.  Wilson,  Pres.;  Wm.  E.  Haynes,  Vice  Pres.;  Chas.  Thompson,  Sec.; 
H.  S.  Dorr,  Treas.;  W.  W.  Ross,  R.  P.  Hayes,  H.  S.  Buckland,  M.  Stamm,  A.  H. 
Jackson. 

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Treas. ; Mrs.  W.  S.  Shober,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Jones,  Miss  Amy  R.  Nash,  Miss  Alice 
Cherrington. 


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Rev.  Lewis  W.  Burton,  Lexington,  Ky.  Rev.  John  H.  Ely,  College  Hill,  O. 
Rev.  A.  B.  Frazer,  Youngstown,  O.  Rev.  F.  W.  Bope,  Zanesville,  Ohio. 


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PLATT  R.  SPENCER  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY. 

Henry  Means,  Esq.,  Pres. ; C.  I.  Chamberlin,  Vice  Pres. ; Mrs.  J.  P.  Treat, 
Rec.  Sec.;  Mrs.  Pluma  L.  Cowles,  Cor.  Sec.;  S.  S.  Searle,  Treas.,  Geneva,  Ohio. 
Hon.  Robert  C.  Spencer,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  A.  B.  Martin,  A.  M.  Ford,  Miss  Sara 
F.  Goodrich. 


GERMANTOWN. 

GERMANTOWN  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Rev.  C.  L.  Burhert,  H.  A.  Smalley,  E.  C.  Obliriger,  C.  H.  Eminger,  George 
Pearce,  George  Baer. 

GREENVILLE. 

FREE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  LIBRARY. 

Board  of  Education — Geo.  W.  Rosser,  Pres.;  Geo.  W.  Mannix,  Jr.,  Clerk; 
D.  L.  Gaskill,  Treas.;  Cyrus  Minnich,  L.  C.  Anderson,  A.  IT.  Brandon. 


HALLSVILLE. 

HALLSVILLE  SPECIAL  DISTRICT  LIBRARY. 

Board  of  Education. 


HAMILTON. 

LANE  SEMINARY. 

Under  management  City  Board  of  Control. — Chas.  E.  Mason,  Pres.  Board  of 
Control,  Chairman  Library  Committee. 


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HILLSBORO. 

PUBLC  LIBRARY. 

Judge  Cyrus  Newby,  Pres. ; Judge  J.  Frank  Wilson,  Sec. ; Prof.  E.  G.  Smith, 
O.  N.  Sams,  James  E.  McDermott,  J.  B.  Worley. 


HIRAM. 


HIRAM  COLLEGE  LIBRARY. 

Under  the  supervision  of  Prof.  G.  H.  Colton,  for  the  college  and  committees 
from  the  literary  societies. 


IRONTON. 


BRIGGS  LIBRARY  INSTITUTE. 

H.  S.  Neal,  G.  W.  Livesay,  D.  C.  Wilson,  E.  S.  Wilson. 


JACKSON. 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY.  - 

R.  U.  Wilson,  Pres. ; Miss  Annie  Williams,  Vice  Pres. ; J.  D.  Wittmen, 
Sec.;  J.  H.  Niewvahner,  Treas. ; Miss  Bertha  Sternberger,  D.  W.  Williams. 


JEFFERSON. 

CITIZENS'  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION. 

A.  C.  White,  J.  E.  Hurlburt*  E.  E.  Jones,  E.  J.  Betts,  B.  F.  Perry,  Jr.,  H.  E. 
Starkey.  F.  H.  Woodbury,  G.  H.  Bunnell,  Maria  S.  Wade,  Amelia  C.  White,  Clara 
J.  Walling,  Ada  W.  Simonds,  Wissie  Kellogg,  Margaret  B.  Starkey,  Flora  A. 
Frayer,  Mrs.  H.  S.  Dallas. 


KENTON. 

KENTON  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

H.  C.  Koller,  Pres. ; Dr.  G.  J.  Carter,  Vice  Pres. ; Dr.  F.  D.  Bain,  T.  J.  Cant- 
well, P.  M.  Crow,  F.  L.  Damon,  A.  B.  Johnson. 

LANCASTER. 

LANCASTER  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Thomas  McDonough,  Pres.  ; Isaiah  Vorys,  Vice  Pres. ; H.  C.  Drinkle,  Sec. ; 
F.  C.  Whiley,  Treas.;  Prof.  George  W.  Welsh,  J.  G.  Reeves,  E.  B.  Cartmell, 
Geo.  S.  Cunningham. 

LEBANON. 

MECHANICS'  INSTITUTE  LIBRARY. 

W.  Chester  Maple,  W.  F.  El.tzroth,  J.  Warren  Wood,  Mrs.  La  France  C or 
yell,  Miss  Mary  L.  Drake. 


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LIMA. 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

I.  S.  Motter,  Pres.;  H.  L.  Brice,  Vice  Pres.;  G.  M.  Sprague,  Sec.;  J.  W. 
Roby,  Treas. ; J.  O.  Ohler,  C.  C.  Miller,  J.  W.  Van  Dyke. 


LISBON. 

LEPPER  LIBRARY. 

Judge  N.  B.  Billingsley,  Pres.;  I.  P.  Farmer,  Vice  Pres.;  C.  C.  Connell, 
Sec.;  S.  J.  Firestone,  Treas.;  R.  W.  Taylor,  I.  B.  Cameron,  W.  S.  Potts. 


LOCKLAND. 

LOCKLAND  PUBLIC  LIBRARY  AND  FREE  READING  ROOM. 

Mayor  T.  J.  Mullen,  Pres. ; Rev.  R.  D.  Wheatley,  Vice  Pres. ; C.  W.  Skill- 
man,  Sec.;  J.  E.  Smith,  Treas.;  S.  T.  Dial,  Ph.  D.,  C.  M.  Thompson,  S.  C. 
Dunn. 

LOGAN. 


LOGAN  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 


L.  D.  Vickers,  Pres.;  S.  C.  Bright,  Sec.;  L.  C.  Wright,  Lewis  Green,  A. 
H.  Brooke,  Mayor. 


LONDON. 

PUBLC  LIBRARY. 


Mrs.  A.  C.  Hamilton,  Pres. ; Mrs.  Dan.  Winchester,  Mrs.  S.  W.  Durflinger, 
Mrs.  A.  C.  Watson,  Mrs.  Lincoln,  Mrs.  Finley,  Mrs.  Reed  Watts,  Mrs.  Will.  Carts- 
dafner,  Mrs.  Job  Clark,  Miss  Sarah  Minshell,  Miss  May  Riddle,  Mrs.  Armstrong. 


MADISONVILLE. 

THE  JOSEPH  FERRIS’  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY. 

John  Brown  Jewett,  Pres.,  Newton,  O.  Prof.  F.  B.  Dyer,  Madisonville,  O. 
Dr.  Percy  Jewett,  Newton,  O.  Dr.  C.  L.  Metz,  Madisonville,  O.  A.  W.  Whelp- 
ley,  Public  Library,  Cincinnati,  O.  (Deceased.  Vacancy  not  yet  filled.) 

MANSFIELD. 

MEMORIAL  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION. 

Mrs.  W.  J.  Huggins,  Pres. ; Mrs.  Anna  Scattergood,  Sec. ; Mrs.  S.  A.  Hand, 
Treas.;  Mrs.  H.  M.  Weaver,  Mrs.  M.  D.  Harter,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Strong,  Dr.  Mary 
Jordan  Finley,  Mrs.  John  Simpson. 

MARIETTA. 

MARIETTA  COLLEGE  LIBRARY. 

W.  W.  Mills,  Rev.  W.  E.  Roe,  Hon.  R.  M.  Stimson. 

MARIETTA  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Nelson  Moore,  Pres.;  J.  C.  Brenan,  Sec.;  H.  G.  Wiliams,  Chairman  of  Book 
Committee;  Howard  Stanley,  D.  B.  Torpy. 


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MASSILLON. 
m'clymonds  public  library. 

J.  W.  McClymonds,  Pres.;  Mrs.  Caroline  McC.  Everhard,  Vice  Pres.;  Chas. 
A.  Gates,  Sec.;  Edmund  A.  Jones,  Treas.;  Mrs.  Helena  R.  Slusser,  Fred  H. 
Snyder,  James  C.  Corns. 


MEDINA. 

MEDINA  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION. 

Mrs.  N.  H.  McClure,  Pres. 


MENTOR. 

MENTOR  VILLAGE  LIBRARY. 

Hon.  J.  R.  Garfield,  Pres. ; Mrs.  J.  Rudolph,  Vice  Pres. ; Mrs.  H.  P.  Blish, 
Treas. ; Miss  Antoinette  King,  Sec. 


MT.  VERNON. 


MT.  VERNON  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Frank  L.  Fairchild,  Desault  B.  Kirk,  Jno.  M.  Ewalt,  H.  C.  Devin,  Jno.  San- 
derson, A.  F.  Stauffer. 


NORWALK. 


YOUNG  MEN'S  LIBRARY  AND  READING  ROOMS  ASSOCIATION. 

Dr.  A.  Sheldon,  H.  S.  Mitchell,  I.  W.  Gudell,  W.  M.  Husted,  J.  F.  Laning, 
John  I.aylin,  G.  R.  Craig,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Wolverton,  Miss  Pinckney. 


PAINESVILLE. 

PAINESVILLE  PUBIC  LIBRARY. 

Geo.  P.  Steel,  N.  T.  Breed,  C.  H.  Nye,  E.  G.  Wetherbee,  J.  B.  Burrows, 
F.  H.  Kendall,  L.  J.  Wood,  W.  C.  Tisdel,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Jerome,  Miss  Martha  E. 
Lav/rence,  (Lake  Erie  Col.),  Miss  Katherine  F.  Condon,  Miss  Mary  A.  Wrilcox, 
Mrs.  M.  G.  McAbee,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Viall,  Mrs.  H.  R.  Collacott. 


PERRYSBURG. 

WAY  LIBRARY. 

C.  F.  Chapman,  Pres. ; D.  K.  Hollenbeck,  Sec. ; H.  R.  Roether,  M.  D.,  F. 
C.  Eberly,  Andrew  Roach,  N.  L.  Hanson,  James  Haj^es. 


PLEASANT  RIDGE. 

PUBLIC  LIBRARY  OF  PLEASANT  RIDGE. 

John  H.  McGowan,  Pres.;  Geo.  A.  Tunill,  Treas.,  Cincinnati,  O.  F.  D. 
Aumb,  Sec.;  A.  R.  Robinson,  Kennedy,  O.  J.  J.  Marvin,  M.  D.,  H.  McGrew, 
M.  D.,  R.  Mitchell. 


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PORTSMOUTH. 

PORTSMOUTH  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Geo.  O.  Newman,  A.  B.  Alger,  A.  T.  Holcomb. 

SALEM. 

SALEM  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Walter  F.  Deming,  Pres. ; Helen  S.  Cary,  Vice  Pres. ; Elizabeth  Brooks, 
Sec. ; Alice  MacMillan,  Treas. ; F.  J.  Mullins,  Dr.  Jas.  Anderson,  Judge  W.  W. 
Hole. 

SANDUSKY. 

PUBLC  LIBRARY. 

Mrs.  J.  O.  Moss,  Pres.;  Mrs.  I.  F.  Mack,  Vice  Pres.;  Mrs.  R.  E.  Schuck, 
Sec. ; Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Moss,  Treas. ; Mrs.  James  Woolworth,  Mrs.  S.  B.  New- 
bury, Mrs.  T.  H.  B.  Davis,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Miller,  Mrs.  John  T.  Mack,  Mrs.  Chas. 
E.  Cooke,  Miss  Harriet  West,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Wilcox. 

SHELBY. 

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SHELBY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Henry  Wentz,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Gump,  Mrs.  D.  N.  Strock,  Mrs.  A.  F.  Hyde, 
Mrs.  A.  L.  Stump,  Miss  Lucia  Williams. 

SIDNEY. 

SIDNEY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

S.  L.  Wicoff,  Pres. ; W.  A.  Graham,  E.  L.  Hoskins. 

' SPRINGFIELD. 

WARDER  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Edward  L.  Buchwalter,  Oscar  T.  Martin,  W.  S.  Thomas,  Gov.  Asa  Bushnell, 
J.  L.  Zimmerman,  Gilbert  C.  Berlen. 

STEUBENVILLE. 

CARNEGIE  LIBRARY. 

Geo.  W.  McCook,  Pres.;  Wrrt.  H.  McClinton,  Sec.;  James  W.  Gill,  Chas. 
■Gallagher,  H.  C.  Dohrman,  Michael  Keane. 

I.  O.  0.  F.  LIBRARY. 

Harvey  Smith,  Geo.  L.  Conn,  D.  W.  Bell,  Dr.  J.  C.  M.  Floyd,  Wm.  Dargue. 

TOLEDO. 

PUBLC  LIBRARY. 

Orville  S.  Brumback,  Harrison  H.  Hathaway,  M.  D.,  James  T.  Lawless,  M.  D., 
Brand  Whitlock,  Noah  Swain,  Harvey  Scribner,  A.  C.  Kraus,  Theodore  F. 
MacManus. 


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OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


TROY. 

FREE  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  LIBRARY. 

J.  C.  Byrkett,  George  L.  McConnell,  W.  H.  Francis. 


VAN  WERT. 

BRUMBACK  COUNTY  LIBRARY. 

J.  P.  Reed,  Jr.,  Pres. ; Thomas  Thorpe,  Vice  Pres. ; Mrs.  E.  I.  Antrim, 
Sec. ; Mrs.  John  Strandler,  Mrs.  R.  J.  Cavett,  Joseph  Tossey,  J.  M.  Laudick. 


WARREN. 

THE  WARREN  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION. 

B.  J.  Taylor,  Pres.;  T.  I.  Gillmer,  Vice  Pres.;  P.  L.  Webb,  Treas. ; Charles 
Fillins,  S.  W.  Park,  W.  R.  Stiles,  H.  B.  Perkins. 


WASHINGTON  COURT  HOUSE. 

WASHINGTON  C.  H.  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

J.  W.  Rothrock,  A.  S.  Ballard,  Gertrude  Gardner,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Tanzey,  H.  R. 
McVay. 


WAUSEON. 

CITIZENS'  LIBRARY  OF  WAUSEON. 

L.  Lyon,  Pres. ; Rev.  F.  E.  Kenyon,  Vice  Pres. ; C.  F.  Greenough,  Sec. ; J. 
C.  Palmer,  Mrs.  H.  T.  Brigham,  Mrs.  G.  D.  Green,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Eager,  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Guilford. 


WELLINGTON. 

WELLINGTON  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

R.  H.  Kennison,  E .F.  Webster,  S.  K.  Laudon. 


WILMINGTON. 

WILMINGTON  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

Mrs.  C.  C.  Nichols,  Pres.;  Mrs.  J.  W.  Wire,  Vice  Pres.;  Mrs.  Robert  Lacy, 
Sec.;  Mrs.  J.  E.  Orebaugh,  Treas.;  Mrs.  S.  G.  Smith,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Sweim,  Mrs.  W. 
H.  Rannells. 


WOOSTER. 

UNIVERSITY  LIBRARY. 


Prof.  Jonas  O.  Notestein,  Bloomington.  Prof.  William  Z.  Bennett,  Miss 
Gertrude  Gingrich.  (This  is  the  Library  Committee  appointed  from  the  Faculty.) 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


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WORTHINGTON. 

WORTHINGTON  PUBLIC  READING  ROOM. 

C.  L.  Dickey,  Superintendent  Township  Schools,  Clintonville,  O.  W.  H.  Mc- 
Farland, Superintendent  Schools,  Worthington,  O.  J.  E.  Miller,  Worthington,  O. 
Miss  Stella  Gardner,  Worthington,  O. 


XENIA. 

XENIA  LIBRARY  ASSOCIATION. 

Miss  Clara  Allen,  Pres. ; Miss  Lestra  Kinney,  Sec. 


YELLOW  SPRINGS. 

ANTIOCH  COLLEGE  LIBRARY. 

Hon.  W.  A.  Bell,  Yellow  Springs,  O.  Rev.  A.  M.  Judy,  Davenport,  Iowa. 
Prof.  F.  W.  Hooper,  Brooklyn  Institute,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Amos  R.  Wells,  Au- 
burndale,  Mass.  Rev.  James'  DeNormandie,  Roxbury,  Mass.  Prof.  S.  C.  Derby, 
Columbus,  O. 


YOUNGSTOWN. 

REUBEN  MCMILLAN  FREE  PUBLIC  LIBRARY. 

J.  H.  Clarke,  Cleveland,  O.  Tod  Ford.  Mrs.  D.  Theobald,  Geo.  F.  Jewett, 
James  P.  Wilson,  Mason  Evans,  John  C.  Wick,  F.  Treudley,  W.  A.  Maline,  Mrs. 
R.  McMillan,  Canfield,  O.  Robert  McCurdy,  Julia  A.  Hitchcock,  William  T.  Gibson. 


ZANESVILLE. 


ATHENEAUM  LIBRARY. 


Dr.  E.  C.  Brush,  Pres.;  Hon.  M.  M.  Granger,  I.  B.  Townsend,  John  Finy, 
Charles  Abbott. 


BUCKINGHAM  LIBRARY. 


James  Buckingham. 


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OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


GIFTS  AND  IMPROVEMENTS. 


The  following  gifts  and  improvements  have  been  reported  since  Jan.  1,  1900, 
except  where  otherwise  specified : 

Akron  — Public  Library.  A library  of  music,  valued  at  $600,  was  presented 
in  1898.  277  volumes  were  donated  within  the  past  year.  Gift  of  $70,000  from 
Andrew  Carnegie  for  new  library  building. 

Akron  — Buchtel  College  Library.  200  volumes  were  presented. 

Alliance  Public  Library  — The  library  was  entirely  re-organized  and  cata- 
logued. New  shelving  was  added. 

Ashtabula  — Gift  of  $25,000  for  public  library  building  from  Andrew  Carnegie. 

Berea  — German  Wallace  College  Library.  The  library  was  re-classified  by 
the  Dewey  decimal  system. 

Bucyrus  — Memorial  Library.  $500  was  received  from  Mr.  Carnegie  for  the 
purchase  of  books.  The  librarian’s  salary  was  increased  $10.00  a month. 

Cambridge  Public  Library — Gift  of  $18,000  for  new  library  building  from 
Andrew  Carnegie. 

Canton  Public  Library  — Gift  of  property  valued  at  $10,000  by  W.  W.  Clark. 
Gift  of  $50,000  for  new  library  building  from  Andrew  Carnegie. 

Celina  — Shakespeare  Public  Library.  50  volumes  were  donated. 

Chillicothe  Public  Library.  Library  to  be  moved  into  commodious  new  build- 
ing in  September,  1901. 

Cincinnati  Public  Library.  Gift  of  $1,000  for  purchase  of  books  for  the  blind, 
raised  by  popular  subscription.  Gift  of  500  volumes  in  raised  type  for  the  blind. 
Gift  of  416  volumes  and  1,600  pamphlets  from  H.  L.  Wehmer.  Gift  of  $180,000 
by  Andrew  Carnegie  for  branch  library  buildings. 

Cincinnati  University  Library.  Gifts : The  Robert  Clark  collection,  6,782 
volumes;  Natural  History  Library,  14,000  volumes;  $60,000  by  Asa  Van  Wor- 
mer  for  new  library  building.  The  new  building  is  now  nearing  completion. 

Cincinnati  — Young  Men’s  Mercantile  Library.  Two  hundred  volumes  pre- 
sented. 

Circleville  — Public  Library.  There  was  a large  increase  in  club  and  chil- 
dren’s work. 

Cleveland  — Library  of  Adelbert  College  of  Western  Reserve  University.  A 
gift  of  $15,000.00  is  reported. 

Cleveland  — Case  Library.  The  United  States  government  condemned  the 
library  property  for  the  proposed  new  government  building  in  that  city.  The  award 
for  the  property,  including  damages,  was  fixed  at  $507,000. 

Cleveland  Hardware  Co.’s  Library.  Gift  of  300  volumes  from  famous  people 
all  over  the  world,  many  with  autographs. 

Cleveland  Medical  Library  Association.  Gifts:  The  Vance  Library,  2,000 
volumes,  by  Drs.  Dudley  P.  Allen  and  C.  A.  Hamman ; 225  volumes  from  Dr.  D. 
P.  Allen;  110  volumes  from  Dr.  O.  F.  Gordon. 

Cleveland  Public  Library.  Gift  of  306  bound  and  217  unbound  volumes,  on 
Oriental  religions,  folk-lore  and  allied  subjects,  from  John  G.  White. 

Columbus  Public  Library.  Gift  of  $1,000  for  maintenance  of  Kilbourne  alcove ; 
also  750  volumes,  from  James  Kilbourne.  Gift  of  $150,000  from  Andrew  Carnegie 
for  new  library  building,  the  city  to  furnish  site  and  $20,000  a year  for  maintenance. 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


15 


Dayton  Public  Library.  278  volumes  were  donated.  The  double  entry  charg- 
ing system  was  introduced.  A bindery  assistant  was  employed.  A children’s  room 
was  opened  in  the  basement  of  the  building. 

Delaware  — Library  of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University.  Prof.  John  Williams 
White,  of  Harvard  University,  presented  4,179  volumes,  including  the  complete 
library  of  the  late  Professor  Karl  Little. 

East  Liverpool.  $50,000  building  presented  by  Andrew  Carnegie. 

Elyria  Public  Library.  A children’s  room  was  added  and  the  shelving  capacity 
for  books  was  increased. 

Gabon  Public  Library.  Gift  of  $15,000  by  Andrew  Carnegie  for  new  library 
building. 

Gambier  — Kenyon  College  Library.  Gift  of  $17,500  in  property  and  money, 
the  income  to  be  spent  for  books,  and  $13,000  to  build  a new  stack  room,  from 
James  P.  Stevens  (Class  ’59),  Tre:.t;u,  N.  J. 

Geneva  — Platt  R.  Spencer  Memorial  Library.  Gifts  for  the  year,  $1,577. 

Glendale  — Alumnae  Library.  A gift  of  $50  was  received. 

Granville  — Denison  University  Library.  Gifts  were  received  amounting  to 

$525. 

Greenville  — Public  Library.  Gift  of  $25,000  for  library  building  by  Mr.  Car- 
negie, the  city  furnishing  site  and  $2,500  a year  for  maintenance.  The  library 
has  been  catalogued  by  the  Dewey  decimal  system. 

Hallsville  — Special  District  Library.  $50  worth  of  books  were  donated  by 
Edward  L.  Buchwalter,  of  Springfield,  O. 

Hamilton  — Lane  Free  Library.  Five  hundred  dollars  donated  by  citizens. 

Jefferson  Citizens’  Library  Association.  Gifts  aggregating  $200  were  received. 
A new  building  was  erected. 

Kent  — Public  Library.  Gift  of  $10,000  for  library  building  from  Andrew 
Carnegie.  Gift  of  a site,  valued  at  $3,000,  for  new  library  building,  from  Hon. 
Marvin  Kent. 

Kenton — Public  Library.  Gift  of  $17,500  by  Andrew  Carnegie  for  new  li- 
brary building.  Gift  of  site  costing  $8,100  by  Lewis  Merriman. 

Lancaster  Public  Library.  267  volumes  were  presented. 

London  Public  Library.  Gift  of  $10,000  by  Andrew  Carnegie  for  new  library 
building. 

Marietta  — Marietta  College  Library.  The  library  of  Hon.  R.  M.  Stimson, 
18,712  volumes,  was  presented. 

Mansfield  — Memorial  Library.  A steady  increase  in  interest  and  in  quality  of 
books  drawn  is  reported. 

Massillon  — McClymonds  Public  Library.  Gifts:  229  volumes;  $80.00; 
library  building,  $20,000.00;  endowment,  $10,000  for  books. 

Medina  Library  Association.  Gifts  were  received  amounting  to  $200.00.  More 
commodius  quarters  and  electric  lighting  were  provided. 

Mount  Vernon  Public  Library.  Citizens  of  Mount  Vernon  subscribed  $243 
for  repairs. 

Norwalk  — Young  Men’s  Library  and  Reading  Room  Association.  The  library 
moved  into  a building  now  held  under  a perpetual  lease. 

Oxford  — Miami  University  Library.  New  shelving  was  added.  A librarian 
was  employed  who  is  required  to  devote  his  time  to  the  library. 

Painesville  Pubic  Library.  The  gifts  of  a new  building  and  385  volumes 
are  reported. 

Portsmouth  Public  Library.  Gift  of  $50,000  by  Andrew  Carnegie  for  new 
library  building. 

Piqua  — Schmidlapp  Free  School  Library.  The  library  building  has  been 
enlarged,  and  a card  catalogue  has  been  almost  completed. 


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OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


Sandusky  Public  Library.  Andrew  Carnegie  presented  this  city  $50,000  for 
a new  library  building. 

Shelby  Public  Library.  A public  library  lecture  course  was  conducted  with 
marked  success.  Gift  of  property  valued  at  $6,500  for  a public  library  from  Daniel 
S.  Marvin. 

Springfield  — Warder  Public  Library.  The  German  books  in  the  library  were 
classified. 

Springfield  — Zimmerman  Library.  320  volumes  were  presented. 

Steubenville  — Carnegie  Public  Library.  Andrew  Carnegie  presented  the  city 
$50,000  for  a new  library  building. 

Toledo  Public  Library,  1,223  volumes  were  donated;  $1,800  were  given  by 
Mr.  Hardy;  $1,000  was  given  from  Mrs.  J.  R.  Locke;  $200  was  received  from 
the  Toledo  Traction  Company.  The  library  changed  from  the  exclusive  to  the 
open  shelf  system. 

Troy — Free  Public  Library.  Fifty  dollars  was  received  from  the  Altrurian 
Society. 

Van  Wert  — Brumback  County  Library.  A library  building  has  been  erected 
at  a cost  of  $50,000  — bequest  of  J.  S.  Brumback. 

Warren  — Warren  Library  Association.  The  tax  levy  was  increased  from 
three-tenths  to  five-tenths  of  a mill. 

Washington  C.  H. — Public  Library.  Gift  of  $12,500  by  Andrew  Carnegie  for 
new  library  building. 

Wilmington  Public  Library.  Gift  of  $10,000  by  Andrew  Carnegie  for  new 
library  building. 

Wellington — Public  Library.  Gift  of  new  library  building,  to  cost  $15,000, 
from  Col.  Myron  T.  Herrick,  as  a memorial  to  his  father  and  mother. 

Wooster  — University  Library.  The  gift  of  a $35,000  library  building,  by 
H.  C.  Frick,  of  Pittsburg,  is  reported.  This  beautiful  new  building  is  fitted  up 
with  the  latest  improvements.  A new  card  catalogue  has  been  made. 

Xenia  Library  Association.  Gift  of  $20,000  by  Andrew  Carnegie  for  new 
library  building. 

Youngstown  — Reuben  McMillan  Free  Public  Library.  $5,000,  the  bequest 
of  Charles  D.  Arms,  was  received.  The  library  was  moved  into  a new  building  and 
the  books  have  been  re-classified  by  the  Dewey  decimal  system.  The  Brown  charg- 
ing system  has  been  introduced. 


Ohio  State  Library  — Main  Room,  1902 


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OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


OHIO  LIBRARIES, 


City  or  Town. 

Population,  1900. 

1 Ada 

2,576 

:2  Akron 

42,728 

3 Akron 

4 Alliance 

8,974 

'6  Ashland 

4,087 

7 Ashtabula 

12,949 

■8  Athens 

3,066 

9 Bellefontaihe.  . 

6,649 

10  Bellevue 

4.101 

11  Berea  

2,510 

13  Bryan  

3.131 

14  Bucyrus 

6,560 

15  Cadiz 

1,755 

16  California 

200 

17  Canfield 

672 

18  Canton 

30,667 

19  Cardington 

1,354 

20  Carthage.  

2 559 

21  Cedarville 

1,189 

22  Celina 

2,815 

23  Chillicothe  .... 

12,976 

24  Cincinnati 

325,902 

25^Cincinnati 

26\ Cincinnati 

27  Cincinnati 

28  Cincinnati 

29  Cincinnati  . . . . 

30  Cincinnati 

31  Cincinnati 

32  Cincinnati 

33  Cincinnati 

34  Circleville  . 

6 991 

35  Cleveland 

381,768 

Cleveland  - - 

37  Cleveland 

38  Cleveland 

39  Cleveland 

40  Cleveland  

41  Cleveland 

42  Columbus 

125,560 

Name  of  Library. 


Name  of  Librarian. 


a . 

v-  O 


4 

O 

Manila  Banes 

1871 

Own. 

Charles  Russel  Olin.  .. 

1874 

Own. 

Mary  Pauline  Edgerton. 

1865 

Rent. 

William  Soule 

1889 

Own. 

Harry  E.  Griffith 

1885 

In  School 

Nellie  L.  Steveifs 

1899 

Building. 
Given  free. 

N.  E.  Warmington 

1895 

Donated 

Eli  Dunkle 

1804 

Own. 

Mary  W.  Reagh 

1898 

Rent. 

Emma  .Sutter 

1891 

Rent. 

T.  Rodemeyer 

1865 

Own. 

George  F.  Collier 

1893 

Own. 

Alice  M.  Walt 

1883 

Rent. 

Augusta  M.  McCracken  . 

1H94 

Own. 

Ella  M.  Ward ! 

1880 

Rent. 

Hattie  Dixon 

1899 

Donated. 

Nelle  Mae  Whituey 

1 1881 

Own. 

Mary  P.  Martin 

1884 

Rent. 

Jessie  Watson 

1878 

Donated. 

- E.  S.  Whittaker 

1891 

Own. 

Mary  Templeton 

1891 

Donated. 

Cora  Snyder 

1899 

Donated. 

B.  E.  Stevenson 

1 

1848 

Own. 

Catharine  W.  Lord 

1831 

Own. 

r P.  S.  Connor,  M.  D 

1870 

Own. 

S.  Waldbott 

1890 

Own. 

V 

Archibald  J Carson 

Alice  McLean  and  Carrie 

R.  Gaither 

1835 

Perpetual 

. John  M.  Nickles 

1870 

Lease. 

Own. 

i 

. J.  G.  Porter 

1843 

Own. 

. N.D.C.  Hodges 

1855 

Own. 

j Harriet  Evans  Hodge  . . . 

1 

1881 

Own. 

1 

. Alma  Diserens 

1832 

Own. 

f May  Lowe 

1873 

Own. 

/ Edward  C.  Williams 

1826 

Own. 

. Charles  Orr 

1846 

Own. 

C.  A.  Hamann  

1895 

Own. 

. W.  H.  Brett 

1869 

Own. 

. Francis  Haggerey 

1886 

Own. 

. J.  P.  McLean 

1867 

Own. 

i 

Frances  L. Trowbridge. 

1892 

Own. 

3 Pauline  G.  Gray 

1874 

Own. 

Ohio  Norm  Univ. Library 
Bierce  Library  of  Buchtel 

College 

Akron  Public  Library 
Mount  Union  College 

Library  

Public  Library 


Public  Reading  Room 
Ashtabula  Free  Public 

Lib'  ary 

Ohio  University  Library 
Bellefoniaine  Public 

Library  

Public  Library 

Library  of  German  Wal 

lace  College 

Philura  Gould  Baldwin 
Memorial  Library 


Bryan  Library 

Bucvrus  Memorial 

Library  

Cadiz  Public  Library 

California  Free  Library. 
North-Eastern  Ohio  Nor- 
mal College  Library.  . . 
Canton  Public  Library. 
Ladies  Public  Library 
Association.  . 


Shakespeare  Public 

Library  

Public  Library 


and  Philosophical  So- 
ciety of  Ohio  . . . 


Lloyd  Library  and  Mu 

seum 

Library  of  the  Academy 
of  Medicine 


Library 


Library  of  the  Cincin 
nati  Society  of  Natur- 
al History  


Observatory  . 
Public  Library 


Library 


Case  Library 

Cleveland  Med.  Library 
Public  Library 
Library  of  St.  Ignatius 

College  

L'brary  of  Western  Re- 
serve Historical  Soc 
Law  Library  of  Weste 
Reserve  University.. 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


19 


1899-1900. 


How  Supported. 

Receipts. 

Circulating  or  Refer- 
ence. 

Bound  Volumes. 

Pamphlets. 

Issues : 

Home  Use. 
Reference. 

Access  to  Shelves. 

System  of  Classifica- 

tion. 

Catalogue : 
Card  or 
Printed. 

Branches. 

Delivery  Stations. 

H.  U. 

R. 

c 

R 

8,946 

732 

No 

3 

1 

c 

R 

6 000 

Yes 

’ Dewey 

Card . . 

2 

|7  200  00 

c 

R 

19  413 

56,554 

Yes 

" Dewey 

Card  . . 

Print’d 

3 

204  00 

c 

R 

4 000 

2,000 

1,450 

Yes 

4 

, 800  00 

c 

2 300 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

5 

c 

R 

2 200 

Yes 

6 

800  00 

c 

R 

8 849 

2,124 

18,385 

1,500 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

7 

c 

R 

15^100 

4,000 

Yes 

Cutter 

Card  . . 

8 

1 317  00 

c 

R 

9 

636  00 

c 

R 

1 000 

10 

c 

R 

4,500 

400 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

11 

Fees,  Endow- 

ment  Gifts 

c 

R 

7,000 

500 

520 

1,100 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

12 

Subscription . . 

c 

R 

2,840 

1,330 

3,050 

Yes 

Print’d 

13 

Taxation 

600  00 

c 

R 

2,072 

27 

9,706 

150 

Yes 

Dewey 

14 

Taxation  and 

Subscription 

510  00 

c 

R 

5,450 

4,000 

3,500 

Yes 

Print’d 

15 

Donations  .... 

c 

R 

251 

88 

233 

Yes 

16 

Donations  .... 

c 

R 

1,500 

200 

520 

Yes 

17 

Taxation 

1,200  00 

c 

R 

6,636 

30,808 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

18 

1,332 

19 

Taxation 

c 

2,000 

2,500 

Yes 

20 

912 

Yes 

21 

Donatiou  .... 

c 

R 

500 

100 

Yes 

Card  . . 

22 

Taxation.  . . 

1,450  00 

c 

R 

23,500 

5,000 

23,099 

9,600 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

23 

Corporation  . . 

1,420  00 

c 

R 

16,500 

6,300 

Card  . . 

24 

Lecture  Fees  . 

L065  15 

c 

R 

1L881 

’ 28 

3,927 

No 

Card  . . 

25 

Donations  .... 

R 

8.334 

3,000 

Yes 

26 

c 

R 

800 

27 

Subscription . . 

5,000  00 

c 

R 

65,000 

35,000 

5,000 

Yes 

28 

Endowment  . . 

R 

5,000 

Yes 

Dewey 

29 

Taxation ... 

100  00 

R 

2,540 

728 

Yes 

30 

Taxation 

90,890  56 

”c’ 

R 

200,198 

27,724 

400,460 

829,764 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

Print’d 

4 

40 

31 

Taxation 

c 

R 

30,000 

2,021 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

32 

Taxation 

155  00 

c 

R 

3,000 

Yes 

Card  . . 

33 

Taxation  .... 

1,875  11 

c 

R 

11 ’675 

600 

34,889 

Dewey 

Priht’d 

34 

c 

R 

40^000 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . 

35 

Endowment  . . 

15,000  00 

c 

R 

50,000 

4,000 

75,000 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

36 

Corporation  . . 

1,500  00 

c 

R 

7,500 

200 

Yes 

Card  . 

Taxation 

83,020  00 

c 

R 

171,181 

13,000 

958,737 

489,872 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . . 

Print’d 

4 

13 

38 

Corporation  . . 

c 

R 

7,600 

1,100 

No 

Card  . . 

39 

Corporation  . . 

R 

19,968 

17,000 

Yes 

40 

Corporation  . . 

R 

6,000 

20 

Card  . . 

41 

Taxation 

799  03 

c 

R 

3,575 

374 

202 

No 

42 

20 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


OHIO  LIBRARIES, 


City  or  Town. 


Name  of  Library. 


Name  of  Librarian. 


p. 

0 

01 


.O 

3 


« 

gg 

* o 

u O 
o £ 

5 ^ 

6 O 
O 


43  Columbus. 

44  Columbus. 

45  Columbus. 

46  Columbus. 


50  Corning 

1,401 

51  Coshocton 

6,473 

52  Dayton 

85,333 

53  Defiance  

7,579 

54  Delaware 

7,940 

55  Delaware 

56  East  Liverpool . 

16,485 

57  Eaton 

3,155 

58  Elyria 

8,791 

59  Franklin 

2,724 

60  Fremont 

8,439 

61  Galion 

7,282 

62  Gallipolis 

5,432 

63  Gambier 

751 

64  Garrettsville... . 

1,145 

65  Geneva 

2,342 

66  Germantown  . . 

1,702 

67  Glendale 

1,545 

68  Granville 

1.425 

69  Greenfield 

3,979 

70  Greenville 

5,501 

71  Hallsville 

72  Hamilton 

23,914 

73  Hillsboro 

4,535 

74  Hiram 

659 

75  Iron  ton 

11,868 

76  Jefferson 

1,319 

77  Kent 

4,541 

78  Kepton  

6,852 

79  Lancaster 

8,991 

80  Laurelville 

450 

81  Lebanon  ...... 

2,867 

82  Lima 

21,723 

Public  Library  and  Read- 
ing Room 

Public  School  Library.  . 
Ohio  State  Library 

Ohio  State  Library,  Trav- 
eling Library  Dep’t.. . 

State  Law  Library 

Franklin  County  Free 

Traveling  Library 

Ohio  State  University 

Library 

Corning  Book  Exchange. 
Coshocton  Free  School 
Library 

Public  Library  and 

Museum 

Defiance  Public  Library. 
Delaware  City  Library.. . 
Library  of  Ohio  Wes- 
leyan University 

East  Liverpool  Public 

Library 

Eaton  Circulating 

Library 

Elyria  Library 


Free  School  Library 

Birchard  Library 

Public  School  Library  . 
Gallipolis  Public  Library 
Kenyon  College  Library. 
Public  School  Library. . . 
Platt  R.  Spencer  Memo- 
rial Library 

Germantown  Public 

Library 

Alumnae  Library  of 

Glendale  College 

Denison  Univ.  Library.. . 
Greenfield  Public  Read- 
ing Room 

Free  Public  School 

Library  

Hallsville  Special  Dis- 
trict Library 

Lane  Free  Library 

Public  Library.  

Hiram  College  Library.. 
Briggs  Library  Institute 
Citizens’  Library  Ass’n . . 

Kent  Free  Library  and 

Reading  Room 

Kenton  Public  Library.. 

Lancaster  Public  Library 
Laurel  Social  Club 

Library 

Mechanics  Inst.  Library. 
Public  Library 


John  J.  Pugh 

Martin  Hen»el 

C.  B.Galbreath 

1872 

1817 

1S96 

Own. 

Own. 

Own. 

Own. 

Own. 

Frank  N.  Neebe 

Olive  Jones 

1873 

Own. 

Sarah  M.  Holcombe 

1895 

Donated. 

Joseph  Love 

1898 

Rent. 

Elertra  C.  Doren 

Own. 

Jewell  Fouke.  

1895 

Rent. 

Nellie  F.  Pratt 

1899 

Donated. 

Trumbull  G.  Duvall.  ... 

1853 

Own. 

Minta  M.  McLane 

1896 

Rent. 

1900 

Donated. 

Mary  C.  Parker 

1868 

Own. 

Rachel  J.  Hartley 

1895 

Rent. 

Harriet  A.  Gast 

1874 

Own. 

J.  C.  Guenther 

1880 

Own. 

Addie  A.  Vanden 

1898 

Rent. 

Ellen  D.  Devol 

1828 

Own. 

C.  T.  Northrop 

Own. 

Florence  L.  Wright 

1892 

Rent. 

Adelaid  Taylor 

1888 

Own. 

Mary  Potter 

1879 

Own. 

H.  H.  Tuttle 

1831 

Own. 

Mattie  Patton 

1898 

Rent. 

Callie  Biltimier 

1892 

Donated. 

J.  F.  Warner 

1898 

Donated. 

Florence  S.  Schenck.  ... 

1866 

Own. 

Clara  B.  Perrin 

1877 

Own. 

Emma  O.  Ryder 

1852 

Own. 

Mary  V.  Wilson 

1899 

Donated. 

Amelia  C.  White 

1883 

Own. 

J.  S.  Cooke 

1892 

Rent. 

Margaret  Rogers 

1886 

Rent. 

L.  Busby 

1878 

Own. 

Bessie  Martin 

1899 

Donated. 

Mary  L.  Frost 

1831 

Donated. 

Medora  Freeman 

1899 

OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


21 


1899-1900  — Continued, 


How  Supported. 

Receipts. 

Circulating  or 
Reference. 

Bound  Volumes. 

Pamphlets. 

Issues : 

Home  Use. 
Reference. 

Access  to  shelves. 

System  of  Classifi- 

cation. 

Catalogue  : 

Card  or 
Printed. 

Branches. 

Delivery  Stations. 

H.  U. 

R. 

Taxation 

$6,492  92 

c 

R 

31,043 

96,398 

74,774 

Taxation  

' 4^000  00 

C 

R 

41,418 

362 

168,302 

237,888 

Dewey 

Card 

Print’d 

19 

State  Appro- 

14,640  00 

c 

R 

56,970 

20,557 

28,176 

No 

Dewey' 

Card 

Appropria- 

c 

11,780 

*19,505 

State  Appro- 

priation.  ... 

15,900  00 

R 

20  000 

2 200 

10,400  00 

c 

R 

32  000 

8,000 

Yes 

Card 

50  00 

c 

R 

500 

Yes 

Taxatiou  and 

1,300  00 

c 

R 

2 600 

23 

Yes 

Print’d 

Taxation  

14,434  23 

c 

R 

44,048 

1,664 

128,673 

80,885 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

Print’d 

1 

Taxation 

750  00 

c 

R 

4,337 

500 

19,990 

Dewey 

Taxation  

1,634  30 

c 

R 

1)359 

4,585 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

Corporation. . . 

1,600  00 

c 

R 

37,105 

3,800 

2,714 

5,604 

Dewey 

Card 

Taxation 

1,100  00 

c 

R 

1,800 

200 

2,864 

160 

No 

Print’d 

Subscription . . 

c 

400 

Yes 

Endowment 

and  Sub- 

scription .... 

c 

R 

15,000 

24,960 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

Taxation .... 

350  00 

c 

R 

3,000 

12,000 

No 

Print’d 

c 

R 

13,778 

9,055 

Yes 

Card 

Taxation 

c 

R 

3^000 

8 000 

Print’d 

Taxation  . . . 

1,036  15 

c 

R 

L936 

31 

18,095 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

Corporation  . . 

c 

R 

32  000 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

Taxation 

75  00 

c 

R 

3)000 

200 

1,800 

Yes 

Print’d 

Taxation  and 

Subscription 

c 

R 

2,500 

9,198 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

Taxation 

500  00 

c 

R 

3,606 

7,768 

Yes 

Print’d 

Donations  .... 

c 

R 

2 500 

Yes 

Print’d 

Corporation  . . 

679  48 

c 

R 

20,733 

15,000 

4,656 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

Donations 

180  00 

c 

R 

258 

408 

Yes 

Taxation 

c 

R 

5,700 

12 

11,121 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

Print’d 

Donations 

c 

R 

400 

12 

771 

12 

Yes 

Taxation  . ... 

1,650  00 

c 

R 

7,387 

13,493 

No 

Card 

Print’d 

Taxation  . . . . 

c 

R 

7,424 

Corporation  . . 

c 

R 

7 ’,550 

1 500 

Yes 

Card 

c 

R 

4)641 

6)000 

Yes 

Print’d 

Taxation  and 

Donations  . . 

325  00 

c 

R 

2.300 

7,000 

Yes 

Print’d 

Taxation 

800  00 

c 

R 

2,610 

20,418 

No 

Taxation  and 

» Corporation. 

1237  87 

c 

R 

2,870 

13,818 

Yes 

Print’d 

Taxation 

L600  00 

c 

R 

6^576 

1,627 

47,471 

7,194 

No 

Dewey 

Card 

Donations 

c 

125 

750 

No 

Subscription 

c 

R 

4,263 

1,000 

3,512 

Yes 

c 

R 

43 

44 

45 

46 

47 

48 

49 

50 

51 

52 

53 

54 

55 

56 

57 

58 

59 

60 

61 

62 

63 

64 

65 

66 

67 

68 

69 

70 

71 

72 

73 

74 

75 

76 

77 

78 

79 

80 

81 

82 


Issues  at  stations,  estimated,  150,000, 


22 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


OHIO  LIBRARIES, 


City  or  Town. 

Population,  1900. 

83  Lisbon 

3,330 

84  Lockland 

2,695 

85  Logan 

3,840 

86  London 

3, all 

87  Madisonville. 

3,140 

88  Mansfield 

17,640 

89  Marietta 

13,348 

90  Marysville 

3,048 

91  Massillon 

11.944 

92  Medina 

2,232 

93  Mentor 

624 

94  Mt.  Vernon  . . . 

6,  *33 

95  Newark 

18,157 

96  Newark 

97  Norwalk 

7,074 

98  Oberlin 

99  Oxford 

2,009 

100  Oxford 

101  Painesville. . . 

5,021 

102  Perrysburg 

1,766 

103  Piqua  

12,172 

104  Pleas’nt  Ridge 

953 

105  Pomeroy  

4,639 

106  Portsmouth.  . . 

17,870 

107  St.  Mary’s 

5,329 

108  Salem 

7,582 

109  Sand  Hill 

110  Sandusky 

19,664 

Ill  Shelby 

4,685 

112  Sidney 

5,688 

113  South  Solon  . . 

319 

114  Springfield  . . . 

38,253 

115  Springfield  . . . 

116  Steubenville  .. 

14,349 

117  Steubenville 

118  Steubenville  .. 

119  Tiffin . 

120  Toledo 

131,822 

12 L Troy 

5,881 

122  Urbana 

6,808 

123  Urbana 

124  Van  Wert.... 

6,422 

125  Vermillion.... 

1,184 

126  Warren 

8 529 

127  Wash  tonC.  H. 

5,751 

128  Wauseon  . . . 

2,148 

129  Wellington  . . . 

2,094 

bo 

c 


Name  of  Library. 


Name  of  Librarian. 


’V 

V 

'H 

5 

o 

fe 

w 


2 

5 

M 


Lepper  Library 

Lockland  Public  Library 
and  Free  Read.  Room 
Logan  Public  Library .. . 
Puolic  Library 


Memorial  Library  Ass’n. 
Marietta  College  Library 
Marysville  Library  and 
Reading  Room  Assti.. 


.a 

2 


$ o 

o 


M.  P.  Springer 

E.  Irene  Patterson. 


1897  Own. 
1887  Rent. 


Margaret  Saumenig 

Elsie  Minshall 

C.  L.  Metz 

Martha  Mercer 

Minnie  M.  Orr  . . 


1897  Donated. 
1880  Rent. 


1887  Own. 
1835  Own. 


Mrs.  L.  T.  Henderson 


1897 


Donated. 


McClymonds  Public 
Library 


Charlotte  D.  Leavitt. . . . 


1899 


Own. 


Medina  L brary  Ass’n . . . 
Mentor  Village  Library.. 
Mt.Vernon  P’blic  Library 
Newark  Circulating 

Library 

Licking  County  Pioneer 
Historical  and  Anti- 
quarian Society 

Young  Men’s  Library  and 
Reading  Room  Ass’n. 


Eva  Johnson 

Mrs.  M.  C.  Angier 

Gertrude  A.  Baker.  . . . 

Martha  Wright 

James  H.  Smith 

Mattie  L.  Husted 


1899  Rent. 
i890  Donated. 
Own. 


1876 


Donated. 


1867  Donated. 

1866  Perpetual 
Lease. 


Oberlin  College  Libr<ry. 
Library  of  Miami  Univ. 
The  Western  College 

Library 

PainesvillePb’lic  Library 

Way  Library 

Schmidlapp  Free  School 
Library  


Azariah  S Root  

Wm.  J.  McSurely 

Caroline  D.  White 

Julia  G.  Erwin  

Mrs.  A.  E.  Frederick.. . 

Sue  E.  Hetherington. . 


1824 

1855 

1898 

1S81 

1890 


Own. 

Own. 

Own. 
Own . 
Own. 

Own. 


Public  Library  of  Pleas 

ant  Ridge 

Public  Library 

Portsmouth  Public  Lib- 
rary   

St.  Mary’s  Public  School 

Library  

Salem  Public  Library... 
Sand  Hill  Library  Assn. 

Public  Library 

Shelby  Public  Library... 
Sidney  Public  Library... 
Stokes  Tw’nship  Library 
Warder  Public  Library. . 

Zimmerman  Library 

I.  O.  O.  F.  Library  

Carnegie  Library 

Public  School  Library... 

Public  Library  

Toledo  Public  Library.. 
Public  Free  School 

Library  

Public  Library 

(Jrbana  Univer.  Library. 
Brumback  P’blic  Library 
Vermillion  Sch’l  Library 
Warren  Library  Ass’n  . . 
Washington  C.  H.  Public 

Library  

Citizens’  Library  of 

Wauseon 

Wellington  Public 
Library  


Alice  E.  Walter. . 
Emma  McQuigg. 

N.  A.  Newton.. . . 


Helen  Carey 

Joseph  Bath 

B.  Virginia  Davis 

Caroline  Marvin 

Emma  Graham 

D.  J.  Schurr 

Alice  Burrowes 

B.  F.  Prince 

Hattie  King 


Jessie  S.  Hawkins. . . 
H.  M.  Michaels,  Secy. 
Francis  D.  Jermaiu.. 

Clarissa  Williams  ... 


John  H.  Williams. 


Elizabeth  Smith 

Mabel  K.  Dixon 

Mary  S.  Hunt 

Lenora  Laundon 


Rent. 

Rent. 

Donated. 

Donated. 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


23 


1899-1900 — Continued . 


How  supported. 

Receipts. 

Circulating  or  Refer- 
ence. 

Bound  Volumes. 

Pamphlets. 

Issues : 

Home  Use. 
Reference. 

Access  to  Shelves. 

System  of  Classifica- 

tion. 

Catalogue  : • 
Card  or 
Printed. 

Branches. 

Delivery  Stations. 

H.  U. 

R. 

$ 216  46 

c 

R 

3,566 

8,585 

Dewey 

Card 

83 

800  00 

c 

R 

2,814 

31 

6,056 

No 

Print’d 

84 

450  07 

c 

R 

1 321 

12,934 

Yes 

85 

850  00 

c 

2,672 

Yes 

Dewey 

86 

87 

2,196  00 

c 

R 

8,500 

1,000 

' 50,000 

15,000 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

88 

Corporation. . 

C 

R 

65,000 

3,271 

14,718 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

89 

Subscriptions 

and  Dona- 

c 

R 

1,809 

5,720 

Yes 

Dewey 

Print’d 

. • . 

90 

Taxation  and 

2 676  80 

c 

R 

8 773 

40 

43,230 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

91 

300  00 

c 

R 

1 500 

14 

100 

Yes 

Print'd 

92 

200  00 

c 

R 

2,196 

3,325 

Yes 

Card. . 

93 

1,297  00 

c 

R 

5 550 

16,377 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

94 

200  00 

c 

3 000 

125 

Yes 

95 

Co  ntributions 

13  00 

R 

1,700 

320 

29 

Yes 

96. 

Subscriptions 

and  Dona- 

tions 

665  00 

c 

R 

6,500 

7,377 

Yes 

Dewey 

97 

Corporation 

c 

R 

51,405 

52,422 

Dewey 

Card. . 

98 

Taxation . 

1,000  00 

c 

R 

16,000 

5,000 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card . . 

99 

Endowment. . 

180  00 

c 

R 

10,320 

10 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

100' 

Taxation. 

2,600  00 

c 

R 

5 060 

200 

22,357 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card 

101 

Endowment. . 

600  00 

c 

R 

7^000 

200 

10)411 

Dewey 

Prin  t’d 

102 

Taxation  and 

Tuition  .... 

1.250  00 

c 

R 

10,000 

1,000 

24,539 

Dewey 

Card 

103 

Taxation .... 

125  50 

c 

2,298 

4.278 

Print’d 

104 

Taxation . 

c 

R 

2,200 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

105 

Taxation  . . . . 

c 

R 

15,619 

20,000 

Yes 

106 

Taxation 

c 

2,000 

107 

Ta^ra  Hon 

1000  00 

c 

R 

3 675 

20  500 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card  . 

108 

Corporation . 

’ *5  00 

c 

254 

150 

Yes 

Print’d 

109- 

Taxation 

Dewey 

Card. . 

110’ 

Taya  Hon 

600  00 

c 

R 

1,276 

200 

15  600 

Yes 

111 

Taxation 

724  62 

c 

R 

3)950 

250 

20’,750 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

112 

c 

R 

225 

Yes 

113 

Taxation 

5,906  02 

c 

R 

16,832 

61,101 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

Print’d 

114 

Corporation. 

600  00 

c 

R 

12  000 

6,000 

1 200 

Yes 

Dewey 

115 

Corporation. . 

130  00 

c 

3,500 

2)600 

Yes 

Print’d 

116 

Taxation 

c 

117 

Taxation 

c 

R 

5,142 

25,682 

Yes 

118 

Taxa tion  . . . 

1,350  00 

c 

R 

3,05u 

”456 

16,634 

119 

Taxation 

c 

R 

47,727 

177,931 

43,627 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

Print’d 

5 

120 

Ta  xa t ion  . 

310  00 

c 

R 

2,964 

18,776 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

121 

122 

Corporation 

c 

R 

5,800 

800 

Yes 

123 

Taxation 

c 

R 

Yes 

Dewev 

Card. . 

10 

124 

c 

R 

350 

Yes 

125 

Taxation .... 

1,324  13 

c 

R 

5,500 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card. . 

126 

Taxation . ... 

1,200  00 

c 

R 

3,500 

28,800 

2,563 

No 

Print’d 

127 

Subscription . 

113  00 

c 

1,913 

3,034 

Yes 

Print’d 

128 

Taxation .... 

405  00 

c 

R 

4,500 

8,225 

Yes 

Print’d 

129 

24 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


OHIO  LIBRARIES, 


City  or  Town. 

Population,  1900. 

130  Wilber  force. . . 

131  Wilmington  . . 

3,613 

132  Woodfield  .... 

1,801 

133  Wooster 

6,063 

134  Wooster 

135  Worthington  . 

443 

136  Xenia 

8,696 

137  Yellow  Spri’gs 

1,371 

138  Yellow  Spri’gs 

139  Youngstown . . 

44,885 

140  Zanesville 

23,538 

141  Zanesville  .... 

Name  of  Library. 


Library  of  Payne  Theo- 
logical Seminary  

Wilmington  Public 
Library 


WoodfieldPublicLibrary 

Free  Public  Library  

University  Library 

Worthington  Public 
Reading  Room  and 
Library 

Xenia  Library  Ass’n 

Antioch  College  Library 
Yellow  Springs  Public 

Library  

Reuben  McMillan  Free 

Public  Library 

Buckingham  Library  . . . 
Athenaeum 


Name  of  Librarian. 

Library  Founded. 

Own  or  Rent  Building 

or  Room. 

George  F.  Woodson 

1891 

Own. 

Minnie  Farren 

1899 

Rent. 

Clove  Cassil 

Miss  B.  Elsperman 

1895 

Rent. 

Thomas  K.  Davis 

1870 

Own. 

Lucy  H.  Johnson 

1899 

Rent. 

EttaG.  McElwain 

1878 

Rent. 

Eleanor  C.  Lewis 

Mrs.  H E.  Tucker 

1853 

Own. 

Minnie  E.  Gibson 

Alice  Searle 

1860 

Own. 

M.  A.  Stilwell 

1829 

Own. 

OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


25 


1899-1900—  Concluded. 


How  Supported. 

Receipts. 

Circulating  or  Refer- 

ence. 

Bound  Volumes. 

Pamphlets. 

Issues : 

Home  Use. 
Reference. 

Access  to  Shelves. 

System  of  Classifica- 

tion. 

Catalogue : 
Card  or 
Printed. 

Branches. 

Delivery  Stations. 

H.  U. 

R. 

Corporation  . . 

R 

2,000 

500 

Yes 

Subscriptions 

and  Dona- 

tions   

$1,089  19 

c 

R 

875 

15 

3,735 

350 

Yes 

Dewey 

Subscription  . 

c 

R 

1,150 

Taxation  

849  00 

c 

R 

1,500 

6,159 

Corporation  . . 

c 

R 

22,000 

7,000 

7,500 

35,000 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card . . 

Subscription  . 

50  00 

c 

R 

233 

693 

Taxation 

2,000  00 

c 

R 

5,425 

29,785 

6,556 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card . . 

Print’d 

Corporation  . 

c 

R 

10,000 

729 

Yes 

Dewey 

Card . . 

Taxation 

3,500  00 

c 

R 

15,102 

57,060 

1,179 

Yes 

Dewey 

Print’d 

Endowment  . . 

c 

R 

3,748 

300 

1,200 

Yes 

Dewey 

Print’d 

Corporation  . . 

2,000  00 

c 

R 

12,200 

18,500 

Yes 

Print’d 

130' 

131 

132 

133 

134 

135 

136 

137 

138 

139 

140 

141 


26 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


SUPPLEMENTAL  LIST  OF  OHIO  LIBRARIES. 

About  one  thousand  letters  were  sent  to  as  many  correspondents  in 
cities,  villages  and  towns  of  the  state,  requesting  information  in  regard 
to  public  libraries.  Answers  were  received  to  most  of  these  communi- 
cations. Many  reported  no  public  library ; the  information  received 
from  others  is  tabulated  as  follows : 


No.  of 


City  or  Town. 

Librarian. 

Class  of  Library. 

Vols. 

A.  C.  Barns  

Public  

2,000 

Society  

Arrhhnld  

F.  N Srhnitzler 

Public  

300 

Ashley  

School  

F S Coultrap 

Public  School 

1,019 

500 

Public  

Rainhri  dge  

Club 

150 

Blanche  Fowler 

Public  

1,450 

318 

Florence  TCeenare  

Association  

Reach  City 

A B Wingate 

School 

‘ 50 

Realsville  

W K Greenbank 

School  

100 

Benton  Ridge 

Subsciption  

75 

Bellbrook 

Olive  Whitaker 

School  

400 

Beverly 

J F Wagner 

School  

200 

Bluffton  

School  

Rrookville  

A A.  Maysilles 

School  

200 

Rnrhanlc  

School  

Caledonia  

School  

Cambridge  

School  

Cambridge  

Public  

Camden  

0 P Brown 

Subscription  

500 

Canal  Fulton  

School 

400 

Canal  Winchester 

Grace  Coleman  . . . 

Public  

250 

Canal  Winchester  . . . 

School  

200 

Carey  

Thos  A.  Bonser 

School  

900 

Casstown  

School  

Catawba 

School  

Centerville 

School  

300 

Chagrin  Falls 

School 

1,500 

200 

Chesterville 

School  

Clifton 

A H White  

School  

150 

Coll  in  wood 

School  

300 

Conneant  

School  

300 

Columbus  Grove  . . 

School  

300 

Coolville 

School  

Copley  

School  

300 

Criders  ville 

School  

Custar 

School  

Cuyahoga  Falls 

Mary  L Graham 

Public  

300 

Cuvahoga  Falls 

Association  

1,000 

Dalton 

F F.  H Pope 

Public  

100 

Danville 

School  

500 

Deersville  

Subscription  

500 

Dellroy 

John  P TCail 

School 

150 

Dresden 

School  

300 

Fast  Palestine  

School  

600 

East  Townsend 

Public  

200 

Edison  

School  

400 

OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


27 


SUPPLEMENTAL  LIST  OF  OHIO  LIBRARIES  — Continued. 


City  or  Town. 

Librarian. 

Class  of  Library. 

No.  of 

Vols. 

Fairfield  

School 

Forest  . . 

School  

Fort  Recovery 

Grace  Alexander 

Public  

650 

Frazeysburg  

School  

200 

Fredericktown  

T.  F.  McKinney 

Public  

800 

Fredericktown  

School 

400 

Freeport 

600 

Glendale  

Lyceum 

3,500 

Grove  City  

School 

Groveport  

Geo.  C.  Deitricb 

School  

350 

Hamden  Junction 

C.  H.  Copeland 

School  . . .' 

400 

Hamler 

School  

100 

Hanging  Rock  .... 

School  

300 

Harrisonville  

W.  A.  Forsythe 

School  

200 

Harrod 

A.  Brasher  

Public  

800 

Hartwell  

Harriet  L.  Marpe 

Public  

1,080 

Hayesville  

School  

100 

Hebron 

School  

250 

Higsdnsport  .... 

School  

100 

Hilliards  

Emma  Harrington 

400 

Hudson  

School  

550 

Hudson  

W.  R.  Academy 

1,500 

Huron  

School  

Independence  

Virginia  Gleeson 

Public  

Tackson  

Maude  Sloan 

Public  

Jacksonville  

School  

Junction  City 

C.  L.  Marlsolf 

School  

Keene  

Public  

300 

Kelley’s  Island  

Public  

300 

Latty  

School  

400 

Lebanon  

University  

6,000 

Leetonia 

J.  W.  Moore 

School  

300 

Lima  

C.  C.  Miller 

Teachers’  

210 

Lisbon  

Law  

Lorain  

Subscription  

300 

Lorain  

School  

1,500 

Loramie  

School  

200 

Lowell  

School  

250 

Macksburg  

W.  Ellison 

Public  

470 

Malta  

S.  A.  Lutton 

Subscription  

Malvern  

School 

800 

Marietta 

Willia  Cotton 

Public  .... 

Martinsburg  

School  

300 

Mendon  

School 

300 

Miamisburg  

School  

2,000 

Middleburg 

School  

150 

Midland  

School  

Milan  

F.  A Roberts 

Public  

1,000 

Milford  

J.  M.  White  

Public  . 

400 

Millersburg 

School  

Mineral  Ridge 

W.  W.  Watson 

School  

200 

Minerva 

O.  W.  Kurtz 

School  

1 , 120 

Minster  

D.  J.  Ratterman 

Public  

435 

Minster  

Society  

68 

Minster  

Priest’s  Library  . 

550 

Morrow  

Gay  Hindman  

Public  

200 

Mount  Pleasant 

Presbyterian  S.  S.... 

600 

Mount  Pleasant 

Methodist  S.  S 

400 

Mount  Pleasant 

Friends  S S 

450 

New  Bremen  

Ernst  Fischer  

Public  

800 

28 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


SUPPLEMENTAL  LIST  OF  OHIO  LIBRARIES  — Concluded. 


City  or  Town. 

Librarian. 

Class  of  Library. 

No.  of 

Vols. 

School 

200 

Lucy  Bowman 

Public  

M.  A.  Brown 

School 

425 

School 

300 

Association  

76 

New  Straitsville  

Elizabeth  Begland 

Public  

G.  N.  Lewis 

Association  

775 

North  Baltimore 

School 

North  Lcwishurg 

School  

50 

School 

Oxford 

Women’s  council  . . . . 

Paulding  

School 

School 

Pioneer  

Anna  Rawsom 

Public  

100 

Plainfield  

Daisy  Platt 

School 

267 

Poland  

School  

300 

Portage  

George  Fryman 

School  

225 

Proctorville  

School  

Prospect  

School 

400 

Oiiaker  City 

School 

Racine  

Mabel  Philson  

Public  

Richwood  

School 

450 

Rising  Sun  

School 

200 

Rock  Creek  

School 

Rocky  Ridge 

School  

St.  Clairsville  

School 

400 

Scio 

J.  E.  Clark 

School 

300 

Scio 

College  

2,000 

Senecaville  

j.  W.  Keller 

School  

Seville  

School  

400 

Shreve  

School 

100 

South  Bloomfield  

School 

South  Point  

W A Russell 

School  

75 

Springboro  

700 

Spring  Valley 

School 

100 

Syracuse  

Chas.  B.  Carleton 

Public  

200 

Swanton  

School 

Thorn  ville 

School  ' 

350 

Trenton  

School  

Trenton  

Joseph  Eicher  

Subscription  

115 

Utica  

H.  C.  Fickel 

School  

Van  Buren  

N.  W.  McCoughey 

Public  

100 

Vanlue  

50 

Wapakoneta  

H.  H.  Helter 

School  

2,000 

Washingtonville  

School 

West  Alexander  

115 

West  Elkton 

West  Jefferson 

School  

West  Milgrove 

School  

West  Milton 

School  

300 

Weston 

School  

Willoughby 

S.  D.  Shankland 

Circulating  

1,111 

Winchester  

School  

425 

Woodstock  

School  

400 

Zoar  

Ellis  Mauk 

Public  

60 

OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


29 


XIBRARIES  NOT  REPORTED  TO  THE  OHIO  STATE  LIBRARY. 

From  the  following  libraries  no  tabulated  statistics  have  been  re- 
ceived. The  items  here  presented  are  taken  from  the  report  of  the  U.  S. 
Bureau  of  Education,  1899-1900  : 


Location. 


Name  of  Library. 


Librarian. 


Class. 


Vols. 


Ph 


Ada  

it 

Akron  

.Austinburg 

Bellaire  

Bowling  Green... 
'Brooklyn  

Bucyrus  

•Canal  Dover 

Carthagena  

Cedar  Point  

Cincinnati  


it 

a 


a 

a 


a 

a 

a 


ii 

Cleveland 

Collinwood 

Columbus 


Covington 
Dayton  .. 


it 


at 


Franklin  Library  

Philomathean  Library.. 
Eva  Hill  Parish  Li 

brary  

Grand  River  Institute. . 
Public  School  Library. 
High  School  Library... 
S.  T.  Stanislaus  Nov- 
itiate   

Public  School  

High  School  

St.  Charles  Barromeo.. 

Theological  Seminary 
St.  Gregory  Seminary 

Library  

Academy  Sacred  Heart 
Miss  Butler’s  School 

for  Girls  

Central  Turngemeinde. 

Law  Library  

Museum  Assoc.  Li- 
brary   

Cuvier  Club  

Educational  Institue . . . 
Hebrew  Union  College 

House  of  Refuge 

Hughes  High  School.. 
Lane  Theo.  Seminary.. 
Law  Library  of  Cin- 
cinnati College  

Linwood  Schools  

Miss  Lupton’s  School 

for  Girls  

Mt.  Auburn  Institute.. 
Mussey  Medical  and 
Scientific  Library  . . . 
New  Jerusalem  Church 
Ohio  Mechanic’s  In- 
stitute   

Ohio  Military  Institute 
St.  Francis  Seraph 

College  

St.  Joseph’s  College...., 

St.  Xavier’s  College 

Student’s  Library  

Theological  and  Reli- 
gious Library  Asso- 
ciation   

American  Association 
for  the  Advancement 

of  Science  

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Library... 
(See  sketch  of  Cleve- 
land Public  Library.) 

Public  School  

St.  Joseph’s  Academy 

Library  

Smythe  Circulating  Li- 
brary   

University  School  

Public  School  

English  and  Classical 
Training  School  for 

Boys  

Law  Library  

Notre  Dame  Academy.. 
St.  Mary’s  Institute 

Library  

Steele  High  School 


r.  H.  Hurr... 
P.  L.  Foucht. 


Mrs.  H.  B.  Raymond.. 
Granville  W.  Mooney. . 


Rev.  A.  Roebliff. 
J.  J.  Bliss 


1872 

1871 


1831 


1897 

1890 


Rev.  P.  Trost 

Henry  Brinkmeyer 

--  r r ■ 


M.  Raleigh 


1876 


1891 

1873 


Jas.  Schleicher 
Edwin  Gholson 

J.  H.  Gest 


1854 

1847 


1881 

1871 


Prof.  Henry  G.  Smith. 

Charles  A.  Groom 

M.  F.  Andrews 


Catherine  M.  Lupton... 


$ 


ohn  M.  Hubbell. 
. L.  Siling 


Rev.  P.  Bernard  Nuru. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Scherer  — 

John  N.  Poland 

Gilbert  Ganaghan 


N.  D.  C.  Hodges. 


L.  H.  Hartmann 

Geo.  H.  Fitch 


1875 

1852 

1852 

1829 

1833 
1890  j 

1881 

1856 

1875  1 
1817 

1828 


1858 

1878 

1842 

1870 


1863 


1848 


Wells  L.  Griswold. 


Sisters  of  Notre  Dame 

Mary  L.  Clarke 1898 

Frank  J.  Cole 1899 

R.  W.  Hines 


D.  W.  Iddings 

Sisters  of  Notre  Dame. 


C.  Eichner  . . . . 
Chas.  L.  Loos. 


College  

College  

General  

School  

School  

School  

Theological  . 

School  

School  

Theological  . 

College  

School  

School  

Society  

Law  

Science  

General  

School  

College  

School  

School  

Theological  . 

Law  

General  .... 

School  

School  

Medical  

Theological  . 

Science  

School  

College  

College  

College  

College  


Theological  . 


Science 


School  

General  

Mercantile  . 

School  

School  


School 
Law  . . 
School 

College 

School 


2,200 

1,644 

5.000 

2.000 
1,548 
1,000 


5.000 
1,300 

1.000 


7,000 


4,000 

1,800 


1,000 

3.000 

25.000 

2,400 

1,200 

1.000 

15.000 
1,000 
2,500 

18,700 

5,980 

1,800 

3.000 

2.000 

6,059 

2,238 

5.600 
1,700 

1,250 

1.600 
17,60u 

3,900 


6,913 


3,800 

1,290 

1,200 

1,500 


3.000 
1.500 

1.000 


1,200 

6,000 

1,000 

3,000 

3,000 


30 


OHIO  LIBRARIES. 


LIBRARIES  NOT  REPORTED  TO  THE  OHIO  STATE  LIBRARY  — Concluded.. 


Location. 


Name  of  Library. 


Librarian. 


Class. 


Vols. 


Dayton 


Semi- 


Defiance  

Delaware  

East  Liverpool 

Findlay 

Gambier  


Germantown  

Hamilton  

Lancaster  

Leroy  

Mansfield  

Mantua  Station  . . 

Marietta  

Marysville  

Massillon 

Middletown  

Mount  Gilead 

National  Military  | 

Home  ! 

National  Military 
Home  


Union  Biblical 

nary  Library  

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Library. . . . 

Public  School  

Girls’  Industrial  Home. 

Public  School  

Findlay  College  Library 
Theol.  Library  Bex- 
ley Hall  

Twin  Valley  College... 

High  School  

Boys’  Industrial  School 

Public  High  School 

Public  High  School.... 

High  School  

Public  School  

Public  School  

Public  School  

High  School  

Public  School  


Wm.  J.  Shuey 

Charles  G.  Reade.. 

R.  W.  Mitchell 

Mamie  O.  Betz 

Robert  E.  Rayman. 


1875 

1887 

1885 

1869 

1894 


C.  W.  Cook.. 
O.  C.  Brown. 


C.  D.  Hilles. 
J.  F.  Smith.. 


1849 

1886 

1880 

1854 


D.  W.  McGlenen 

Anna  B.  Stephenson. 

L.  E.  Demorest 

A.  E.  Jones 


1898 

1890 


Putnam 


Newark  

New  Athens 


M.  W.  Spear. 
J.  B.  Thomas. 


New  Concord  ....) 

New  Philadelphia. 
New  Straitsville. . 

Oak  Harbor  

Oberlin  


Painesville  

Plain  City 

Pleasant  City  .... 

Ravenna  

Richmond  

Rio  Grande  

St.  Martin  

Sandusky  

South  Salem I 

Sparta  I 

Springfield  I 

Tiffin  I 

“ I 


Toledo 


Toronto  j 

Troy  I 

Uhrichsville  | 

Upper  Sandusky. . I 

Van  Wert I 

Wapakoneta  I 

Waver  ly  I 

Wellsville  I 


Westerville 


Wilberforce 


Wilmington 
Windham  . . 
Woodville  .. 


Xenia  I 

Youngstown  | 


Geo.  H.  Thomas  Li- 
brary   

High  School  

Franklin  College  Li- 
brary   

Muskingum  College  Li- 
brary   

Public  School  

Public  School  

High  School  

Union  Library  Asso- 
ciation   

Lake  Erie  College 

High  School  

High  School  

High  School  

College  Library  

College  Library  

Ursuline  Academy  

High  School  | 

Salem  Academy  

Public  School  Library.. 

Wittenberg  College  | 

Heidelberg  University.. 

Public  School  

Ursuline  College  

Medical  Library  

Ursuline  Academy  

Central  High  School... 

High  School  

High  School  

High  School  

Public  School  

High  School  

Public  School  

C.  & P.  R.  R.  Reading 

Room  

Otterbein  University  . . 
Philomathean  Library.. 
Philophronean  Society. . 
Wilberforce  University 

Library  I. 

Payne  Theol.  Seminary 
Wilmington  College  . . . 

Township  Library 

Teachers’  Seminary  .... 

Woodville  Academy 

Theological  Seminary  . . 
Rayen  High  School 1 


J.  B.  Thomas.. 
C.  W.  Humes. 


R.  G.  Campbell  — 


Jesse  Johnson  

G.  C.  Maurer 

Chas.  W.  Cookson. 
C.  J.  Biery 


Nettie  E.  Coose. 

Mary  Evans  

D.  N.  Cross 


1896 


1892 

1890 

1894 

1875 

1874 

1898 

1880 


W.  J.  Dodge. 


G.  S.  Bohanan 

Sister  M.  Baptista. 


1875 


Prof.  C.  W.  Barrett. 
Thomas  F.  Leonard. 

Benj.  F.  Prince 

T.  H.  Sonnedecker. . 

C.  A.  Krout 

Mother  Superior  . . . 

Park  L.  Myers 

Mother  Superior  . . . 

S.  A.  Arbourt 

S.  K.  Mordis 


1842 

1885 

1845 

1850 


1870 

1889 


T.  W.  Shimp.. 
J.  P.  Sharkey. 


1885 


F.  E.  Reynolds... 

T.  D.  Culbertson. 

W J.  Zuck 

E.  L.  Weinland.. 
W.  O.  Lambert.. 


Rev.  Geo.  F.  Woodson 

J.  B.  Unthank 

W.  R.  Davis 


1875 

1847 

1875 

1856 

1856 

1892 

1872 


1794 


Theological  . 

2,000 

3,000 

School  

1,500 

| General 

1,600 

School  

1,100 

College  

1,300 

Theological  . 

10,000 

College  

1,200 

School  

1,150 

School  

1,760 

School  

1,000 

School  

1,000 

School  ...... 

1,200 

School  

2,000 

School  

1,500 

School  

1,000 

School  

1,000 

School  

1,000 

General  .... 

11,041 

General  

11,172 

School  

1,600 

College  

3,000 

College  

3,500 

School  

1,400 

General  

1,400 

School  

1,000 

College  

10,537 

General  

4,800 

School  

1,000 

School  

1,000 

School  

1,700 

College  

3,000 

College  

2,200 

School  

6,000 

School  

1,300 

School  

1,863 

School  

1,000 

College  

12,000 

Theological  . 

15,000 

Sch  ool  

1,700 

School  

3,000 

Medical  

1,063 

College  

3,000 

School  

1,000 

School  

2,500 

School  

2,000 

Geileral  

2,000 

School  

2,000 

School  

1,500 

School  

1,200 

General  

2,763 

College  

9,522 

Society  

1,400 

Society  

2,000 

College  

5,000 

Theological  . 

2,200 

College  

2,100 

General  . . . » 

1,200 

General  

1,000 

School  

1,000 

Theological  . 

6,000 

I School  

2,000 

is  2,300,074.  Of  these  2,.. 

099,  276  are  bound,  and  200,798  are  urfbound. 


LIBRARY  LAWS 


PASSED  BY  THE 


75th  GENERAL  ASSEMBLY, 


AND 


SENATE  BILL,  No.  155. 


LIBRARY  LAWS. 


[Substitute  for  House  Bill  No.  155,  by  Mr.  Pool.] 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  transfer  of  libraries  and  library  property  to  boards  of  edu- 
cation, and  to  authorize  such  boards  to  provide  for  the  care  and  mainten- 
nance  of  same. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  whenever  in  any  city  organized  under  chapter  4, 
division  2,  of  title  12,  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  there  is  a library 
owned  by  a private  incorporated  or  unincorporated  association  which  the 
owners,  or  managers  thereof,  are  willing  to  dispose  of  and  to  transfer  to 
the  board  of  education  of  such  city  or  school  district  within  which  said 
city  is  situate,  the  said  board  of  education  is  hereby  authorized  to  acquire 
from  said  association  by  purchase,  or  otherwise,  said  library  and  the 
property  used  by  said  association  for  library  purposes.  Upon  acquiring 
title  to  said  library  and  property,  the  said  board  of  education  shall  de- 
clare the  same  to  be  a public  library  and  shall  elect  a board  of  managers 
therefor,  consisting  of  six  persons,  two  of  whom,  at  the  first  election 
shall  be  elected  for  a period  of  three  years,  two  for  a period  of  two  years, 
and  two  for  a period  of  one  year,  and  thereafter,  upon  the  expiration  of 
said  terms,  and  all  succeeding  terms,  said  managers  shall  be  elected  for 
three  years.  And  said  board  of  education  shall  fill  vacancies  in  said 
board  of  managers  for  unexpired  terms  in  like  manner,  and  said  board 
of  managers  shall  at  all  times  be  amenable  to  and  under  the  control  of 
said  board  of  education  as  to  tenure  of  office  and  authority  and  shall 
serve  without  compensation.  The  president  of  said  board  of  education 
shall  be  ex-officio  a member  of  said  board  of  managers,  but  otherwise, 
no  member  of  said  board  of  education  shall  be  a member  of  said  library 
board. 

Section  2.  Said  board  of  managers  shall  have  the  care,  custody, 
control  and  management  of  said  library  and  property  under  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  they  shall  prescribe  and  shall  have  the  power  to  re- 
ceive donations  of  land,  money  and  other  things  of  value,  and  to  hold, 
dispose  of,  or  use  the  same  for  the  benefit  of  such  library.  The  use  of 
said  library  shall  be  free  to  all  residents  of  said  city  and  territory  thereto 
attached  for  school  purposes.  Said  board  shall  have  the  power  to  lease 
or  rent  suitable  place  for  the  use  of  said  library  and  establish  a reading 
room  or  rooms  in  connection  therewith. 


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Section  3.  Said  board  of  managers  shall  elect  from  their  number 
a president,  vice  president,  and  secretary,  and  shall  appoint  a librarian 
and  such  assistants  and  employes  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  proper 
conduct  of  said  library.  The  term  of  office  of  said  appointees  shall  be 
at  the  pleasure  of  the  board,  but  shall  not  exceed  three  years. 

Section  4.  For  the  purpose  of  paying  for  such  library  purchased 
and  of  maintaining  and  increasing  said  library  and  reading  rooms,  the 
said  board  of  education  may  levy  upon  the  general  tax  duplicate  of  the 
school  district  within  which  such  city  is  situate,  a tax  of  not  to  exceed 
six-tenths  of  one  mill  on  each  dollar  of  valuation  of  the  taxable  property 
of  said  school  district  which  shall  be  levied,  assessed,  and  collected  as 
other  taxes  levied  by  said  board  and  shall  be  in  addition  thereto.  The 
proceeds  of  said  tax  when  collected,  shall  constitute  and  be  called  the 
library  fund,  and  shall  be  paid  to  the  treasurer  of  the  school  district, 
who  shall  disburse  same  only  upon  warrant  of  said  board  of  managers, 
signed  by  the  president  and  secretary  thereof.  Said  board  of  managers 
shall  expend  said  fund  in  the  purchase  of  books,  pamphlets,  papers,  maga- 
zines, periodicals,  journals,  furniture,  and  such  other  property  as  may 
be  necessary  for  such  library  and  reading  rooms,  and  in  the  payment  of 
all  proper  charges  for  maintenance,  including  the  compensation  of  the 
librarian  and  other  employes  of  said  board.  No  part  of  said  fund  shall 
be  transferred,  or  used  for  any  other  purpose  than  as  provided  in  this 
section.  All  money  heretofore  appropriated,  received,  or  collected  by 
tax  levied  for  public  library  purposes  in  said  city,  or  school  district,  and  re- 
maining unexpended  shall  be  transferred  to  said  library  fund,  and  be 
expended  by  said  board  of  managers  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  act. 

Section  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after 
its  passage. 

Passed  March  31,  1902. 


[House  Bill  No.  181,  by  Mr.  Willis  (of  Madison-Fayette).] 

AN  ACT 

To  authorize  certain  cities  to  establish  public  libraries. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  the  council  of  any  city  of  the  second  class,  fourth 
grade,  which  according  to  the  federal  ceffsus  of  1900  had,  or  which  ac- 
cording to  any  subsequent  federal  census  shall  have,  not  less  than  5,700 
nor  more  than  5,800  inhabitants,  may  issue  and  sell  bonds  for  the  purpose 
of  purchasing  real  estate  upon  which  to  erect  a public  library  building, 
in  any  sum  not  exceeding  $8,000,  in  denominations  not  exceeding  $1,000, 
and  not  less  than  $100  each,  bearing  interest  not  exceeding  five  per  cent. 


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per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  and  payable  at  any  time  not  more 
than  ten  years  from  the  date  of  their  issue,  as  such  council  may  determine. 
Such  bonds  shall  be  known  as  “public  library  bonds,”  and  shall  not  be 
sold  for  less  than  their  par  value,  and,  in  all  respects  not  herein  provided 
for,  their  issuance  and  sale  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
section  2709  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio. 

Section  2.  That  the  council  of  any  such  city  shall  be  authorized 
and  empowered  to  appropriate,  or  otherwise  acquire,  such  private  prop- 
erty as  in  its  judgment  may  be  needed  for  the  purpose  mentioned  in  the 
foregoing  section  of  this  act. 

Section  3.  . To  pay  the  interest  and  principal  upon  such  bonds  as 
the  same  shall  become  due,  such  council  shall,  annually,  levy  upon  all  the 
taxable  property  of  such  city,  a tax  sufficient  in  rate  and  amount  to  pay 
the  interest  and  to  provide  a sinking  fund  to  pay  such  bonds  at  maturity, 
and  such  tax  may  be  additional  in  rate  and  amount  to  all  other  taxes  au- 
thorized to  be  levied  for  any  and  all  other  purposes.  Such  taxes  shall 
he  levied  and  collected  as  other  taxes  of  such  cities. 

Section  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after 
its  passage. 

Passed  February  4,  1902. 


[Senate  Bill  No.  246,  by  Mr.  Godfrey.]  • 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  1476  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  authorizing  the  trustees 
of  a township  to  establish  and  maintain  a public  library. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  1476  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  state 
•of  Ohio  be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  1476.  The  trustees  of  any  * * * township,  on  the  pe- 

tition of  twenty  electors  thereof,  shall  upon  four  weeks’  public  notice, 
published  in  some  paper  of  general  circulation  in  the  county,  submit  to 
the  electors  of  such  township,  at  some  general  election  in  April  or  No- 
vember, the  question  whether  there  shall  be  a public  library  established 
in  such  township  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  citizens  thereof,  and  those 
voting  at  such  election  in  favor  of  such  library,  shall  put  upon  their  bal- 
lots the  words  “Public  library  — Yes,”  and  those  voting  thereat  against 
such  library,  the  words,  “Public  library  — No;”  and  if  a majority  of 
the  electors  voting  at  such  election  vote  in  favor  thereof,  the  trustees 
aforesaid  have  authority,  annually,  to  levy  upon  all  the  taxable  property 
of  such  township  a tax  not  exceeding  one-tenth  of  one  mill  on  the  dollar 
valuation  thereof,  to  be  applied  to  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of 


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a library  as  aforesaid,  and  the  procuring  of  a suitable  room  or  rooms  for 
the  same.  (70  v.  244,  1) 

Section  2.  Original  section  1476  is  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act 
shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  May  10,  1902. 


[House  Bill  No.  669,  by  Mr.  Hypes.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  3995  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  authorizing  the  board 
of  education  in  certain  districts  to  appropriate  money  for  the  support  of 
school  libraries. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  section  3995  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  state 
of  Ohio  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  3995.  In  any  district  the  board  of  education  may  appro- 
priate money  from  the  contingent  fund  for  the  purchase  of  such  books,, 
other  than  school  books,  as  it  may  deem  suitable  for  the  use  and  improve- 
ment of  the  scholars  and  teachers  of  the  district,  and  in  the  purchase  of 
philosophical  or  other  apparatus  for  the  demonstration  of  such  branches 
of  education  as  may  be  taught  in  the  schools  of  the  district,  or  for  either 
of  such  purposes ; but  not  more  than  one-half  of  the  amount  herein  au- 
thorized to  be  appropriated  shall  be  expended  in  the  purchase  of  such 
apparatus;  such  appropriation  shall  not  exceed,  in  any  one  year,  twelve 
hundred  dollars  in  city  districts  containing  cities  of  the  first  grade  of  the 
first  class,  and  three  hundred  dollars  in  other  districts ; and  the  books  so 
purchased  shall  constitute  a school  library,  the  control  and  management 
of  which  shall  be  vested  in  the  board  of  education.  The  board  of  edu- 
cation of  any  city  of  the  second  class,  fourth  grade,  having  a free  public 
library,  organized  in  pursuance  of  law,  may  allow  such  free  public  library 
association  the  use  and  control  of  the  public  school  library;  subject,  how- 
ever, to  such  rules,  regulations  and  restrictions  as  said  board  of  educa- 
tion may  prescribe  for  the  use  and  control  thereof.  (1881,  April  8:  78 
v.  no;  Rev.  Stat.  1880;  72  v.  29,  51.) 

Section  2.  Original  section  3995  is  hereby  repealed,  and  this  act 
shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  May  10,  1902. 


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[House  Bill  No.  834,  by  Mr.  Crist.] 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  for  the  merging,  maintenance  and  government  of  public  libraries,  ir 
cities  of  the  second  class,  fourth  grade. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  in  all  cities  of  the  second  class,  fourth  grade,  it 
shall  be  lawful  to  merge  any  public  library  heretofore  established  therein 
under  the  authority  of  sections  4002-46  and  4002-47,  of  the  Revised  Stat- 
utes of  Ohio,  with  any  other  city  public  library  established  in  conformity 
with  sections  4002-39,  4002-40,  4002-41,  4002-42,  4002-43,  and  4002-44, 
of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio;  and  the  library  so  established  by  such 
consolidation  shall  be  kept  open  for  the  use  of  the  public  at  all  reasonable 
hours. 

Section  2.  For  the  government  of  such  library  and  reading  room 
there  shall  be  a board  of  nine  (9)  directors,  appointed  by  the  council  of 
such  city  from  among  the  citizens  thereof  at  large,  and  not  more  than 
one  member  of  the  council  of  such  city  shall  at  any  one  time  be  a member 
of  said  board.  Such  directors  shall  hold  their  office  for  three  years  from 
the  date  of  appointment,  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed.  All 
vacancies  shall  be  immediately  reported  by  the  directors  to  the  council  of 
such  city,  and  be  filled  by  appointment  in  like  manner ; and,  if  an  unex- 
pired term,  for  the  residue  of  the  term  only.  Provided,  however,  that 
where  a board  of  six  (6)  directors  has  heretofore  been  appointed  in  pur- 
suance of  section  4002-40,  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  such  directors  shall 
continue  to  serve  as  such  until  the  expiration  of  the  several  terms  for 
which  they  were  appointed,  and  in  such  case  the  city  council  shall  name 
the  three  additonal  directors  therein  provided  for,  one  to  serve  one  year, 
one  for  two  years,  and  one  for  three  years  from  and  after  their  ap- 
pointment. 

Section  3.  In  all  other  respects  such  city  public  libraries  shall  be 
governed,  supported  and  maintained  as  provided  by  sections  4002-39, 
4002-41,  4002-42,  4002-43  and  4002-44,  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio. 

Section  4.  All  of  the  property  and  effects  of  such  merging  library 
association  shall  be  turned  over  to  and  become  a part  of  said  city  public 
library  immediately  upon  such  merger,  and  all  moneys  remaining  unex- 
pended of  such  library  association  shall  be  deposited  in  the  treasury  of 
such  city  to  the  credit  of  the  city  public  library  fund,  and  all  taxes  levied 
by  the  board  of  education,  but  not  yet  collected,  for  such  library  associa- 
tion, shall,  upon  collection,  by  the  board  of  education  be  deposited  in 
the  city  treasury  of  said  city  to  the  credit  of  the  city  public  library  fund. 

Section  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
.after  its  passage. 

Passed  April  29,  1902. 


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[House  Bill  No.  861,  by  Mr.  Kinsman.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  section  4002-48,  section  3 of  an  act  entitled  “An  act  to  authorize  cities- 
of  the  fourth  grade  of  the  second  class  to  levy  a tax  for  the  maintenance, 
of  a free  public  and  school  library.” 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assemby  of  the  State  of  Ohio : 

Section  i.  That  section  4002-48,  section  3,  of  an  act  entitled  “An 
act  to  authorize  cities  of  the  fourth  grade  of  the  second  class  to  levy 
a tax  for  the  maintenance  of  a free  public  and  school  library,”  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows 

Section  4002-48.  Said  board  of  education  shall  require  said  li- 
brary association  to  render  an  account  as  often  as  it  shall  deem  proper 
of  all  taxes  so  received  by  it,  and  how  the  same  have  been  expended. 

* * * Said  association  shall  keep  up  and  maintain  in  a public  place 

in  such  city  a public  library  free  to  all  the  inhabitants  thereof,  and  to  all 
persons  residing  within  said  school  district.  Provided  further,  that  if 
said  public  library  association  shall  for  any  cause  cease  to  exist,  then  all 
property  of  said  association,  real  and  personal,  shall  immediately  be- 
come vested  in  the  city  wherein  said  library  association  is  established  and 
maintained,  and  that  had  heretofore  been  taxed  for  the  purpose  of  main- 
taining the  same ; and  it  shall  become  the  duty  of  said  city  or  municipality 
to  have  the  charge  of  and  care  of  such  property  in  the  same  manner  as. 
other  property  of  said  city,  and  to  carry  out  the  educational  purposes, 
for  which  this  act  was  originally  intended,  and  may,  if  occasion  require,- 
levy  taxes  for  said  purposes  upon  the  personal  and  real  property  of 
said  city,  and  collect  the  same  as  other  taxes  are  now  levied  and  col- 
lected. 

Section  2.  That  section  4002-48,  section  3,  of  an  act  to  authorize 
cities  of  the  fourth  grade  of  the  second  class  to  levy  a tax  for  the  main- 
tenance of  a free  public  and  school  library,  passed  February  15,  1898, 
Ohio  Laws,  page  88,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after 
its  passage. 

Passed  May  7,  1902. 


[Substitute  for  House  Bill  No.  544,  by  Mr.  Ankeney.] 

AN  ACT 

To  authorize  the  city  of  Xenia,  Greene  county,  to  levy  a tax  for  the  support  of 
a public  librarv,  to  issue  bonds  for  the  purshase  of  a site  for  a library  build- 
ing, to  provide  for  the  acceptance  of  any  donation  or  bequest  for  library 
building,  and  for  the  management  and  control  of  any  such  donation  or 
bequest,  and  of  such  public  library,  and  to  provide  for  the  free  use  of  said' 
library  by  the  inhabitants  of  Xenia  city  school  district. 


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Whereas,  The  public  library  of  the  city  of  Xenia,  Greene  county, 
is  under  the  control,  direction  and  management  of  the  Xenia  Library  As- 
sociation, a duly  incorporated  and  organized  association  not  for  profit ; 
and 

Whereas,  Said  library  is  free  to  all  the  inhabitants  of  said  city,  being 
maintained  and  supported  as  provided  by  an  act  of  the  general  assembly, 
entitled,  “An  act  to  authorize  cities  of  the  fourth  grade  of  the  second 
class  to  levy  a tax  for  the  maintenance  of  a free  public  and  school  library,” 
passed  February  15,  1898,  and  found  in  Vol.  93,  at  page  8,  of  the  Laws 
of  Ohio ; therefore, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio: 

Section  i.  That  the  city  of  Xenia,  Greene  county,  may  accept  any 
donation  or  bequest  hereafter  made  to  the  city  for  the  erection  of  a public 
library  building,  and  may  purchase  a site  therefor,  for  not  exceeding  five 
thousand  dollars  ($5,000.00)  for  the  same,  and  for  the  improvement 
thereof,  and  when  any  such  donation  or  bequest  is  made  and  accepted 
and  a site  for  such  library  building  purchased,  the  city*  council  of  said 
city  shall  cause  to  be  levied  and  collected,  annually  as  other  general  taxes 
are,  a tax  of  not  exceeding  one  mill  on  each  dollar  of  the  taxable  prop- 
erty within  said  city,  and  which,  when  collected  shall  constitute  a “public 
library  fund Provided,  said  levy  for  said  purpose  shall  be  sufficient 
to  raise  at  least,  two  thousand  dollars  annually,  in  addition  to  whatever 
sum  may  be  necessary  for  the  payment  of  the  interest  and  the  redemp- 
tion of  bonds  for  the  purchase  and  improvement  of  a library  site  herein- 
after provided  for. 

Section  2.  Said  tax  when  collected,  except  so  much  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  payment  of  interest  and  the  redemption  of  bonds  issued 
for  the  purchase  and  improvement  of  a library  site,  shall  be  paid  to  the 
treasurer  of  said  Xenia  Library  Association,  to  be  used  only  in  the  pur- 
chase of  books,  pamphlets,  magazines,  newspapers  and  for  expense  nec- 
essary to  the  proper  and  efficient  conduct  and  management  of  said  public 
library,  and  for  the  care,  maintenance  and  preservation  of  the  library 
buildings  and  property  — and  which  said  library  shall  be  free  to  all  the 
inhabitants  of  said  city  under  such  reasonable  rules  and  regulations  as 
said  library  association  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  city  council,  adopt. 

Section  3.  The  city  council  shall  require  said  library  association 
to  render  an  account  as  often  as  it  shall  deem  proper,  of  all  taxes  so  re- 
ceived and  expended  by  it,  and  the  treasurer  of  said  association  shall,  be- 
fore entering  upon  the  discharge  of  any  duties  under  this  act,  give  bond 
to  the  city  of  Xenia  in  twice  the  probable  amount  of  money  to  be  received, 
to  the  approval  of  the  city  council,  conditioned  for  the  due  accounting, 
care  and  expenditure  of  all  money  paid  to  said  treasurer  by  reason  of 
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Section  4.  If  at  any  time  said  library  association  shall  fail  to  keep 
up  and  maintain  in  a public  place  in  said  city  a public  library  free  to  all 
inhabitants  of  said  city,  said  taxes  so  levied  and  collected  shall  be  man- 
aged, controlled  and  expended  by  a board  of  directors  to  be  appointed 
by  the  city  council,  consisting  of  six  citizens  of  said  city,  who  shall  hold 
their  office  for  three  years  from  the  date  of  their  appointment,  and  shall 
divide  themselves  at  their  first  meeting  into  three  classes  by  lot,  one-third 
for  one  year,  one-third  for  two  years  and  one-third  for  three  years,  and 
their  terms  shall  expire  accordingly.  They  shall  thereupon  have  the  ex- 
clusive control  of  the  expenditure  of  all  money  collected  or  received  for 
the  benefit  of  said  library,  and  in  all  other  respects  shall  manage  and  con- 
trol said  library  funds  as  provided  by  an  act  of  the  general  assembly  of 
the  state  of  Ohio,  passed  March  15,  1892,  and  found  in  vol.  89,  page  98 
of  the  Laws  of  Ohio. 

Section  5.  The  board  of  education  of  Xenia  city  school  district, 
Greene  county,  may  levy  a tax  not  exceeding  one  mill  on  the  dollar  valua- 
tion of  all  the  property  outside  the  limits  of  the  city  of  Xenia,  and  within 
said  city  school  district,  which,  when  collected,  shall  be  paid  by  the  treas- 
urer of  the  board  of  education  to  the  treasurer  of  the  said  library  associa- 
tion to  be  used,  managed,  expended,  and  controlled  for  the  benefit  of  said 
public  library  as  are  taxes  collected  by  the  city  of  Xenia  for  said  pur- 
pose; provided,  however,  that  such  library  shall  thereupon  become  free 
to  all  the  inhabitants  of  said  city  school  district,  as  well  as  of  said  city. 

Section  6.  The  city  council  of  the  city  of  Xenia,  Greene  county, 
may  purchase  ground  for  library  purposes  upon  which  to  erect  a library 
building,  and  may  expend  not  exceeding  five  thousand  ($5,000.00)  dol- 
lars in  the  purchase  and  improvement  of  such  site,  and  to  provide  for  the 
purchase  and  improvement  thereof  the  city  council  shall  issue  and  sell 
the  bonds  of  said  city  for  said  sum,  payble  in  ten  equal  annual  install- 
ments, and  which  shall  bear  interest  at  four  per  cent  per  annum,  payable 
annually.  Said  bonds  shall  be  executed  by  the  mayor  and  countersigned 
by  the  president  of  the  city  council,  and  shall  not  be  sold  for  less  than  par. 

In  said  levy  provided  for  in  the  first  section  of  this  act,  the  council 
shall  cause  to  be  raised  by  said  tax  sufficient  money  in  addition  to  said 
sum  of  two  thousand  ($2,000.00)  dollars  to  pay  the  interest  and  prin- 
cipal of  said  bonds  as  they  mature. 

Section  7.  Said  library  association  shall  have  the  control,  custody 
and  management  of  all  the  property  of  said  public  library  in  said  city, 
whether  the  same  has  been,  is,  or  shall  be  derived  from  taxation,  or  by 
gift,  donation,  bequest,  transfer,  or  conveyance,  and  whether  of  real  or 
personal  property,  in  trust  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  all  the  inhabitants 
of  said  city,  and  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  city  school  district,  if  the  board 
of  education  levy  the  tax  provided  for  in  the  fifth  section  of  this  act ; 
provided,  that  said  library  association  shall  adopt  no  plans  for  a public 


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library  building,  nor  contract  for  the  erection  of  any  such  building,  nor 
make  any  expenditure  of  any  money  derived  from  taxation  or  donations 
'for  said  purposes,  until  full  plans  and  specifications  of  any  proposed  build- 
ing, and  such  contracts  have  been  submitted  to  and  approved  by  the  city 
council. 

And  should  said  library  association  fail  to  keep  up  and  maintain  in 
a public  place,  in  said  city,  a public  library,  free  to  all  the  inhabitants  of 
said  city  and  of  said  city  school  district,  upon  the  conditions  aforesaid, 
all  said  property  held  or  controlled  by  said  library  association  for  public 
library  purposes,  derived  from  taxation  as  aforesaid,  or  from  gifts,  do- 
nations, bequests,  transfers  or  conveyances,  whether  of  real  or  personal 
property  shall  thereupon  pass  to  and  under  the  control  of  a board  of  six 
directors  to  be  appointed  by  the  city  council  as  provided  in  section  4 of 
this  act. 

Section  8.  The  support  and  maintenance  of  the  public  library  in 
said  city  of  Xenia  shall  continue  to  be  as  provided  for  in  said  act  aforesaid 
referred  to  in  the  preamble  hereof,  passed  February  15,  1898,  until  such 
donation  or  bequest  is  made  for  a public  library  building  and  accepted 
by  said  city  and  a site  purchased  therefor;  and  the  levy  herein  provided 
for  shall  be,  when  it  becomes  operative,  in  lieu  of  all  taxes  for  public  li- 
brary purposes,  both  in  said  city  of  Xenia  and  in  said  Xenia  city  school 
district. 

Section  9.  All  property,  whether  real  or  personal,  used  for  public 
library  purposes,  in  said  city,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation  and  from 
sale  on  execution  or  order  in  the  nature  of  execution. 

Section  10.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage. 

Passed  April  15,  1902. 


[House  Bill  No.  733,  by  Mr.  Simpson.] 

AN  ACT 

To  provide  a suitable  site  for  a free  public  library  building  at  Cambridge,  Ohio. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assemby  of  the  State  of  Ohio : 

Section  i.  That  the  board  of  county  commissioners  of  Guernsey 
county  and  the  city  council  of  the  city  of  Cambridge  therein  are  au- 
thorized and  required  to  grant,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  hereof, 
the  perpetual  use  of  the  north  end  of  the  plat  of  public  ground  known 
as  the  “Public  Square,”  bounded  upon  Steubenville  avenue,  East  Eighth 
street  and  West  Eighth  street  in  said  city  of  Cambridge,  so  far  as  may 
be  necessary  or  convenient  as  a site  for  and  approaches  to  a free  public 
library  building,  but  not  exceeding  fifty  (50)  feet  from  north  to  south, 
exclusive  of  existing  sidewalks,  and  which  building  shall  be  used  for 


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the  necessary  and  convenient  purposes  of  a free  public  library,  to  su- 
persede the  public  library  now  carried  on  in  said  city  of  Cambridge,  and 
to  be  managed  and  conducted  substantially  as  the  latter  now  is,  and  as 
now  is  prescribed  by  sections  4002-45,  4002-46,  4002-47,  4002-48  and 
4002-49  of  the  Revised  . Statutes  of  Ohio,  or  as  may  be  hereafter  pro- 
vided by  law  applicable  thereto,  and  which  building  shall  be  erected 
without  cost  to  said  county  or  city,  and  shall  cost  for  planning  and  erect- 
ing not  less  than  eighteen  thousand  dollars 

Section  2 Said  grant  shall  be  made  by  proper  resolution  to  that 
effect  adopted  and  entered  upon  the  journal  or  minutes  of  said  board 
of  council  respectively,  at  the  first  regular  or  special  meeting  after  the 
passage  hereof,  and  when  so  made  shall  be  final  and  effectual  for  said 
purpose,  and  said  resolution  shall  be  sufficient  if  it  show  an  intent  to 
grant  said  site  for  said  purpose. 

Section  3.  The  due  adoption,  existence  and  contents  of  said  res- 
olution by  said  board  of  county  commissioners  may  be  evidenced  by  a 
copy  thereof  certified  by  the  county  auditor  of  said  county,  in  office  at 
the  time  of  such  certifying,  to  be  a true  copy  of  the  resolution  adopted 
and  entered  by  said  board  at  the  date  thereof ; and  the  due  adoption,  ex- 
istence and  contents  of  said  resolution  adopted  by  said  city  council  may  be 
evidenced  by  a copy  thereof  certified  by  the  city  clerk  of  the  city  of  Cam- 
bridge, in  the  office  at  the  time  of  such  certifying,  to  be  a true  copy  of  the 
resolution  adopted  and  entered  by  said  council  at  the  date  thereof. 

Section  4.  That  the  use  and  enjoyment  of  said  site  and  approaches 
shall  never  be  impaired  or  affected  so  long  as  a building  there  erected 
shall  be  devoted  to  the  uses  and  purposes  aforesaid. 

Section  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  April  1,  1902. 


[House  Bill  No.  1024,  by  Mr.  Smith.] 

AN  ACT 

To  enable  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  public  library  of  the  school  district  of 
Cincinnati  to  receive  donations  in  the  interest  of  said  library,  to  establish 
branch  libraries;  and  to  issue  bonds  for  the  purchase  of  sites  therefor  and  to 
levy  a tax  for  the  payment  of  interest,  provide  for  a sinking  fund  and  final 
valuation  of  said  bonds. 

Whereas,  Andrew  Carnegie,  Esquire,  of  New  York  City,  has  of- 
fered to  give  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  public  library  of  the  school 
district  of  Cincinnati  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  thousand 
dollars  for  the  erection  of  branch  libraries  in  said  city  on  condition  that 
the  sites  therefor  be  provided  by  the  said  board  and  that  the  sum  of 
eighteen  thousand  dollars  annuallly  be  applied  to  their  support ; and 


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Whereas,  It  is  essential  to  the  interests  of  said  public  library  that 
said  offer  be  accepted ; and 

Whereas,  The  said  board  under  its  powers  is  able  to  support  said 
branch  libraries  as  required  by  the  conditions  of  said  offer,  but  imme- 
diate legislation  is  necessary  to  authorize  the  acceptance  of  said  offer, 
and  to  enable  the  said  board  to  obtain  the  means  with  which  to  provide 
the  sites  for  and  equip  said  branch  libraries;  therefore 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assemby  of  the  State  of  Ohio : 

Section  i.  That  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  public  library  of  the 
school  district  of  Cincinnati  be  and  it  is  hereby  authorized  to  receive  and 
accept  the  said  donation  of  Andrew  Carnegie  upon  the  terms  and  con- 
ditions therein  expressed,  the  branch  libraries  constructed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  said  donation  to  be  by  said  library  trustees  and  their  successors 
equipped,  furnished  and  maintained,  and  forever  kept  open  for  the  free 
use  of  the  public. 

Section  2.  That  for  the  purpose  of  providing  the  sites  and  furnish- 
ing the  equipment  necessary  for  said  branch  libraries  the  said  board  of 
trustees  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  borrow  as  a fund  there- 
for such  sum  as  be  necessary,  not  exceeding  one  hundred  and  eighty 
thousand  dollars,  and  to  issue  registered  or  coupon  bonds  therefor,  which 
shall  be  known  and  designated  as  “The  Public  Library  Bonds  of  the 
School  District  of  Cincinnati,”  and  shall  be  issued  in  such  sums  and  be 
made  payable  at  such  times  and  places  as  shall  be  deemed  best  by  said 
board.  Said  bonds  shall  be  signed  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  said 
board  and  a record  kept  thereof.  They  shall  bear  a rate  of  interest  not 
exceeding  three  and  one-half  per  centum  per  annum,  and  shall  not  be 
sold  for  less  than  par,  nor  until  after  four  successive  weekly  advertise- 
ments in  two  newspapers  published  and  of  general  circulation  in  said 
city.  For  the  purpose  of  paying  the  interest  and  providing  a sinking 
fund  for  the  final  redemption  of  said  bonds,  the  said  board  of  trustees 
shall  levy  annually  a tax  upon  the  taxable  property  of  said  school  dis- 
trict sufficient  in  amount  to  pay  the  said  interest  upon  said  bonds,  and 
to  provide  a sinking  fund  for  their  final  redemption.  The  said  tax  shall 
be  certified  annually  by  said  trustees  to  the  auditor  of  the  county  in  which 
said  school  district  is  situate,  and  shall  be  by  him  placed  upon  the  tax 
duplicate  of  said  district  in  addition  to  all  other  taxes  allowed  by  law, 
and  said  tax  sh&ll  be  levied,  assessed  and  collected  as  other  taxes.  The 
proceeds  of  said  tax,  when  collected,  shall  be  credited  to  the  said  library 
trustees  as  trustees  of  the  sinking  fund  for  the  payment  of  the  said  bonds 
and  interest.  Said  trustees  shall  pay  therefrom  the  said  annual  interest 
upon  said  bonds,  and  the  portion  assessed  and  collected  for  the  sinking 
fund  shall  be  invested  by  them  in  bonds  of  the  United  States,  state  of 
Ohio,  or  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  and  from  the  proceeds  of  said  invest- 
ment they  shalj  pay  the  said  bonds  at  maturity. 


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Section  3.  Said  library  trustees  shall  have  power  to  purchase  or 
lease  and  to  hold  land  necessary  for  suitable  sites  on  which  to  erect  said 
branch  libraries,  and  shall  use  said  fund  in  the  payment  therefor,  and  in 
suitably  equipping  said  libraries  for  use.  It  shall  require  the  affirmative 
vote  of  not  less  than  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  said  board  to  purchase 
or  lease  any  such  land  or  to  make  any  contracts  concerning  the  erection 
of  such  branch  libraries.  Purchases  made  may  be  for  cash  or  on  time, 
and  if  on  time,  said  board  may'  issue  its  obligations  for  the  deferred  pay- 
ments and  secure  the  same  by  mortgage  upon, the  land  purchased.  Said 
trustees  shall  have  power  and  they  are  hereby  authorized  to  make  all 
necessary  contracts  for  the  construction,  furnishing  and  equipping  of 
such  branch  libraries.  The  title  to  the  land  acquired  under  this  act  shall 
be  taken  in  the  name  of  the  “Trustees  of  the  Public  Library  of  the  School 
District  of  Cincinnati/’  and  shall  be  held  by  them  in  trust  for  public  li- 
brary purposes,  and  said  trustees  shall  have  the  care,  custody,  manage- 
ment, and  control  of  all  property  provided  for  public  library  purposes 
under  this  act. 

Section  4.  All  property,  real  and  personal,  vested  in  such  library 
board  or  used  for  library  purposes,  shall  be  exempt  from  taxation,  and 
from  sale  on  execution,  or  any  writ  or  order  in  the  nature  of  an  execution. 

Section  5.  Said  trustees  shall  have  the  right  to  receive  and  ac- 
cept donations  of  land,  money,  or  other  thing  of  value,  and  to  invest, 
use,  or  dispose  of  the  same  in  the  interest  of  the  library. 

Section  6.  The  said  library  trustees,  and  their  successors  shall 
be  the  trustees  of  said  fund  so-  as  aforesaid  raised  and  provided,  and  shall 
have  the  control  and  disbursement  of  the  same.  They  may  maintain  and 
defend  suits,  appoint,  employ,  and  pay  officers  and  agents.  No  con- 
tract shall  be  made  for  any  part  of  the  construction  of  said  library  build- 
ings, or  for  any  work  to  be  done  in  connection  therewith,  which  shall 
involve  the  expenditure  of  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  save  upon  pub- 
lic advertisement  for  not  less  than  thirty  days  in  two  newspapers,  printed 
and  of  general  circulation  in  said  city,  inviting  proposals  therefor.  Said 
trustees  shall  have  power  to  take  such  security  from  any  officer,  agent  or 
contractor  chosen,  appointed,  or  employed  by  them  as  they  shall  deem  ad- 
visable. They  shall  not  become  surety  for  any  officer,  agent  or  contractor, 
or  be  interested  directly  or  indirectly  in  any  contract  concerning  said 
library. 

Section  7.  The  said  trustees  shall  choose  from  their  number  a 
president,  vice  president,  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  may  select  a de- 
pository within  said  city  which  shall  be  a national  bank  or  trust  company 
organized  under  the  laws  of  this  state  in  which  to  deposit  any  funds 
coming  into  the  hands  of  said  treasurer,  and  they  may  make  contracts 
for  the  safe  keeping  of  said  funds  and  the  payment  of  interest  thereon. 

Passed  May  9,  1902. 


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[House  Bill  No.  1080,  by  Mr.  Stage.] 

AN  ACT 

To  amend  Section  4002  of  the  Revised  Statutes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assemby  of  the  State  of  Ohio : 

Section  i.  That  section  4002  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio  be 
amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Sec.  4002.  For  the  purpose  of  increasing  and  maintaining  the  pub- 
lic library  in  said  city,  and  the  territory  thereto  attached  for  school  pur- 
poses, such  library  board  may  levy  annually  a tax  of  eight-tenths  of  one 
mill  on  each  dollar  valuation  of  the  taxable  property  of  the  city,  and  the 
territory  thereto  attached  for  school  purposes,  to  be  levied,  collected  and 
paid  in  the  same  manner  as  are  school  taxes  of  the  city ; all  moneys  ap- 
propriated, received  or  collected  by  tax  for  the  library,  shall  be  expended 
under  the  direction  of  the  library  board  in  purchasing  such  books,  pam- 
phlets, papers,  magazines,  periodicals,  journals  and  other  property  as 
may  be  deemed  suitable  for  the  public  library,  and  in  payment  of  all 
-other  charges  and  expenses,  including  compensation  of  the  librarian, 
.asssistants  and  help  that  may  be  incurred  in  increasing  and  maintain- 
ing the  library,  and  all  claims  against  said  fund  shall  be  approved  by 
the  president  and  secretary  of  the  said  library  board  and  paid  upon 
the  warrant  of  the  auditor  of  the  board  of  education  in  the  manner  now 
provided  by  law  for  the  payment  of  claims  against  said  city. 

Section  2.  That  original  section  4002  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 
repealed,  and  this  act  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  its  passage. 

Passed  May  7,  1902. 


(Senate  Bill  No.  155  by  Mr.  Longworth.) 

A BILL* 

To  authorize  the  organization,  and  provide  for  the  maintenance  of  county  li- 
braries; to  provide  for  a library  organizer,  and  for  reports  by  said  organizer 
and  state  librarian. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Ohio : 

Section  1.  That  in  any  county  of  this  state  wherein  there  is  established 
and  in  operation  at  the  county  seat  a free  public  library  either  under  the  control 
and  management  of  the  board  of  education,  the  city  or  village  council,  the  town- 
ship trustees,  or  other  public  authority  specially  authorized  by  statute  to  main- 
tain the  same,  or  under  the  control  and  management  of  a board  of  trustees  ap- 
pointed by  the  court  of  common  pleas  under  authority  of  sections  3107-12  to 
3107-18,  Revised  Statutes  of  Ohio,  having  not  less  than  three  thousand  volumes, 

* This  bill  was  introduced  in  the  Senate  and  referred  to  the  Finance  Committee. 
Senate  Bill  No.  295,  by  Mr.  Harrison,  embraced  all  of  this  bill  to  Sec.  2.  In  this  form  it 
passed  the  Senate  but  did  not  reach  a vote  in  the  House. 


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and  whose  privileges  are  not  already  extended  to  the  residents  of  the  county, 
the  managing  board  or  other  public  body  or  authority  having  the  control  and 
management  of  such  library  shall  have  the  power  to  extend  the  privileges  of  such 
library  to  all  the  residents  of  said  county;  such  extension  of  privileges  to  be 
made  by  resolution  regularly  adopted  by  such  managing  board  or  other  public 
body  or  authority,  incorporating  in  such  resolution  a plan  for  the  government 
and  management  of  such  library  after  its  privileges  shall  be  thus  extended, 
which  plan  shall  be  submitted  to  and  approved  by  the  county  commissioners 
before  the  same  shall  become  operative,  and  on  approval  it  shall  be  entered  on 
the  journal  of  the  commissioners. 

The  managing  board  provided  for  in  said  plan  of  government,  subject  to 
the  express  provisions  of  said  plan,  shall  have  full  power  to  make  all  rules  and 
regulations  necessary  for  the  proper  government,  care  and  management  of  said 
library.  It  shall  have  control  of  the  library  fund  hereinafter  provided  for,  and 
the  exclusive  power  of  expending  the  same.  It  shall  have  the  power,  and  it  shall 
be  its  duty,  to  establish  throughout  said  county,  branch  libraries  and  library  sta- 
tions wherever  the  same  may  be  needed,  and  to  supply  and  provide  for  all  other 
appropriate  and  necessary  library  agencies,  and  to  pay  the  reasonable  and  neces- 
sary expenses  of  the  same;  to  purchase  and  pay  for  all  books,  periodicals,  maga- 
zines and  other  literature  and  supplies  necessary  for  said  public  library  and  Its 
reading  rooms,  library  stations  and  other  educational  agencies;  to  employ  a 
librarian  with  such  assistant  librarians  and  other  assistants  as  may  be  necessary 
for  the  proper  administration  of  said  public  library  and  its  various  branches, 
stations  and  other  agencies,  and  to  fix  the  compensation  thereof,  as  well  as  the 
terms  of  such  employment,  but  not  exceeding  three  years, — all  such  purchases, 
expenditures  and  payments  to  be  made  out  of  said  library  fund  hereinafter  pro- 
vided for. 

For  the  purpose  of  increasing,  maintaining  and  administering  said  public 
library,  which  by  virtue  o'f  the  extension  of  its  privileges  to  the  residents  of  the 
county,  and  its  organization  as  hereinbefore  provided  for,  shall  be  constituted 
a county  library,  the  managing  board  of  such  library  shall  annually  during  fhe 
month  of  May  certify  to  the  county  commissioners  of  such  county  the  amount 
of  money  which  will  be  needed  for  such  library  during  the  ensuing  year,  and  at. 
their  regular  quarterly  meeting  to  be  held  on  the  first  Monday  in  June  said  county 
commissioners  shall  levy  on  each  dollar  of  taxable  property  in  said  county,  in 
addition  to  all  other  levies  authorized  by  law,  such  assessment,  not  exceeding 
five-tenths  of  one  mill,  as  shall  be  necessary  to  realize  the  sum  so  certified,  for 
county  library  purposes,  the  same  to  be  placed  on  the  tax  duplicate,  and  collected  as 
other  taxes.  Said  money  when  collected  shall  be  known  as  the  county  library 
fund,  and  shall  only  be  paid  out  by  the  treasurer  of  said  county  on  the  written 
requisition  of  the  managing  board  of  said  library  signed  by  the  president  and 
secretary  of  said  board,  and  directed  to  the  county  auditor,  who  shall  draw  his 
warrant  on  the  county  treasurer  therefor;  provided,  however,  that  in  county 
seats  having  two  or  more  public  libraries,  before  either  of  such  libraries  shall  be 
entitled  to  avail  itself  of  the  right  conferred  by  this  section  it  shall  notify  in 
writing  said  other  public  libraries  of  such  intention,  and  in  case  they  or  either 
of  them  shall  within  ten  days  from  such  notice  express  a like  intention,  then  the 
libraries  so  having  expressed  such  intention  shall  determine  by  lot  through  their 
respective  chief  officers  in  the  presence  of  the  county  auditor  which  of  said  libraries 
shall  have  such  right,  and  the  result  of  such  determination  shall  be  entered  by  said 
county  auditor  on  the  county  commissioners’  journal,  and  thereupon,  said  public 
library  in  whose  favor  said  determination  has  resulted  shall  proceed  without  delay 
to  pass  and  carry  into  effect  the  resolution  hereinbefore  provided  for ; provided 
further,  that  in  counties  wherein  one  or  more  public  libraries  exist  in  municipalities 


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other  than  the  county  seat,  and  are  maintained  in  whole  or  in  part  by  levy  upon 
taxable  property  of  distinct  districts  which  are  parts  of  said  county,  and  such 
library  or  libraries  shall  decline  to  become  a part  of  the  county  library  system 
herein  provided  for,  the  tax  hereinbefore  authorized  to  be  levied  by  the  county 
commissioners  for  said  county  library  fund  shall  not  be  assessed  upon  the  taxable 
property  of  such  district  or  districts. 

Section  2.  When  any  library  association,  incorporated  or  unincorporated, 
otherwise  meeting  the  requirements  named  in  section  one  of  this  act,  desires  to 
avail  itself  of  the  provisions  of  said  section  one  it  may  do  so,  but  such  right  shall 
be  subject  to  the  following  conditions:  It  must  have  obtained  the  written  consent 
of  at  least  three-fourths  of  its  stockholders  or  owners  having  the  right  to  vote 
on  the  elections  of  its  managing  board ; it  must  have  submitted  its  plan  of  gov- 
ernment to,  and  had  it  approved  by,  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  with 
whom  it  must  also  have  arranged  by  contract  for  the  payment  and  settlement 
of  all  its  outstanding  debts  and  obligations,  said  boards  respectively  being  hereby 
authorized  to  enter  into  such  contracts ; the  plan  of  government  in  such  case 
shall  provide  for  a board  of  five  trustees  as  a managing  board  for  such  library,  to 
be  appointed  by  the  court  of  common  pleas  of  such  county,  as  provided  in  section 
six  of  this  act. 

By  virtue  of  said  action  on  the  part  of  said  library  association  and  said 
board  of  county  commissioners  in  relation  to  said  library  the  title  to  the  library 
and  all  other  property  of  said  library  association  shall  be  vested  in  said  county, 
and  shall  thereafter  be  held  in  trust  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  people  of  said 
county;  and  from  and  after  the  appointment  and  organization  of  said  manag- 
ing board  the  provision  of  section  one  of  this  act  shall  apply  to  such  library  as 
fully  as  if  the  same  were  herein  expressed. 

Section  3.  In  any  county  wherein  there  is  no  public  library  existing  and 
in  operation  at  the  county  seat  having  three  thousand  volumes  as  provided  in  sec- 
tion one  of  this  act,  and  wherein  there  is  not  existing  and  in  operation  a public 
library  whose  privileges  are  extended  to  all  the  residents  of  the  county,  the 
board  of  county  commissioners,  whenever  a number  of  the  residents  of  the  county 
who  have  attained  the  age  of  majority,  equal  to  more  than  fifty  per  cent,  of  the 
vote  cast  at  the  next  preceding  general  election  shall  have  signed  a petition 
asking  for  the  establishment  in  such  county  of  a county  library,  the  commis- 
sioners shall  enter  upon  their  journal  a finding  of  that  fact,  and  make  and  enter 
thereon  an  order  in  favor  of  such  county  library,  and  shall  forthwith  proceed 
to  establish  the  same  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  4.  When  any  such  petition  shall  be  filed  with  the  county  auditor 
addressed  to  the  county  commissioners,  the  board  of  county  commissioners  shall 
fix  a time  for  the  hearing  of  said  petition,  of  which  time  the  county  auditor  shall 
cause  notice  to  be  given  by  publication  in  three  consecutive  weekly  issues  of  a 
newspaper  published  and  of  general  circulation  in  said  county.  The  clerk  of 
the  board  of  elections  shall,  on  the  request  of  the  auditor,  certify  the  total  vote 
cast  at  the  next  preceding  general  election,  for  which  said  service  the  clerk  shall 
receive  the  sum  .of  one  dollar  to  be  paid  opt  of  the  county  treasury.  Said  board 
of  county  commissioners  shall  have  power  to  adjourn  said  hearing  from  time  to  time 
as  the  exigencies  of  the  case  may  require,  but  not  beyond  thirty  days  from  the 
time  set  for  the  original  hearing. 

Section  5.  When  said  county  commissioners  shall  have  found  on  said  count 
in  favor  of  said  county  library,  as  provided  in  section  three,  they  shall  make  an 
order  that  the  county  auditor  notify  the  governing  board  of  each  library  located 
in  said  county,  and  whose  privileges  are  enjoyed  by  the  public  of  any  district 
or  part  of  said  county,  of  the  making  of  the  order  establishing  said  county  library, 


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and  requesting  said  governing  board  within  sixty  days  after  the  receipt  of  such 
notice,  to  file  with  the  county  auditor  a,  proposition  in  writing  setting  forth  the 
terms  upon  which,  if  at  all,  it  will  consent. to  have  its  library  become  a part  of 
said  county  library  system  so  to  be  established.  As  soon  as  propositions  have 
been  filed  by  all  such  libraries  in  said  county,  or  the  time  for  such  filing  has 
elapsed,  the  county  commissioners  shall  fix  a time  for  a public  hearing  upon 
said  propositions,  of  which  hearing  notice  shall  be  given  in  two  successive  weekly 
issues  of  a newspaper  published  and  of  general  circulation  in  said  county,  at 
which  public  hearing  any  person  resident  of  said  county  shall  be  entitled  to  be 
heard  either  in  person  or  by  attorney  touching  the  acceptance,  modification  or 
rejection  of  any  or  all  of  said  propositions,  and  said  hearing  may  be  adjourned 
from  time  to  time  as  may  be  deemed  just  or  necessary  by  the  commissioners,  but 
not  beyond  the  aggregate  period,  of  thirty  days.  Said  commissioners  shall  within 
ten  days  after  the  final  hearing  determine  said  matters  in  such  way  as  shall  De 
for  the  best  interests  of  the  residents  of  said  county ; and  in  coming  to  such 
determination  they  may  accept  and  reject  all  the  propositions  submitted,  or  they 
may  accept  some  and  reject  others,  or  they  may,  with  the  consent  of  the  body 
making  a proposition,  modify  it  and  accept  it  in  its  modified  form.  The  finding 
and  order  of  the  commissioners  thus  made  shall  be  entered  in  full  upon  the 
journal  of  their  proceedings,  and  in  case  any  such  proposition  shall  be  accepted, 
the  proposition  so  accepted  shall  also  be  entered  in  full  upon  the  journal  of  the 
commissioners.  Said  proposition,  finding  and  order  so  to  be  entered  upon  the 
journal  of  said  commissioners  shall  be  held  to  transfer  the  title  to  the  library  and 
property  so  used  for  library  purposes  to  the  said  county,  and  the  said  library 
and  property  shall  thereafter  be  held  in  trust  by  said  county  for  the  library  pur- 
poses herein  provided  for. 

Section  6.  The  management  and  control  of  any  county  library  which  shall 
be  authorized  and  ordered  to  be  established  under  sections  three  and  four  of 
this  act  shall  be  vested  in  a board  of  five  trustees  to  be  appointed  by  the  court 
of  common  pleas  of  said  county,  and  through  the  resident  judge  of  such  county, 
if  there  be  one,  the  original  apponitees  to  serve  for  one,  two,  three,  four,  and 
five  years  respectively,  and  thereafter  one  trustee,  to  serve  for  five  years  shall 
be  appointed  each  year ; all  vacancies  shall  be  filled  in  like  manner ; all  appoin- 
tees shall  serve  until  their  successors  shall  be  appointed  and  qualified.  From 
and  after  the  appointment  of  said  trustees,  and  the  organization  of  said  manag- 
ing board  the  provisions  of  section  one  of  this  act  shall  apply  to  such  library 
as  fully  as  if  the  same  were  herein  expressed.  Said  trustees  shall  organize 
by  electing  one  of  their  number  president,  and  another  secretary;  but  after  elec- 
tion the  librarian  shall  serve  as  secretary,  and  shall  keep  the  minutes  of  all  meet- 
ings of  the  board,  and  all  other  records  pertaining  to  said  library.  The  manag- 
ing board  of  each  and  every  library  organized  under  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  make  an  annual  detailed  report  as  of  August  31st  to  the  board  of  county 
commissioners,  showing  its  receipts  and  expenditures  for  the  previous  year. 

Section  7.  There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  library  commission  of  the  state 
a person  having  the  requisite  training  and  experience  in  library  work,  to  serve  as 
library  organizer.  His  term  of  office  shall  be  three  years ; he  shall  receive  a salary 
of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  monthly  out  of  the  state  treasury, 
and  shall  be  provided  with  an  office  in  the  same  building  occupied  by  the  state 
library.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  keep  informed  of  the  condition,  management,  scope 
and  methods  of  work  of  all  the  public  libraries  in  the  state.  To  that  end,  the 
librarian  of  each  public  library  shall  at  least  once  a year  make  a report  to  said 
library  organizer  of  all  such  matters  relating  to  such  library  as  he  may  request, 
in  . such  form  as  he  shall  prescribe,  upon  blanks  to  be  furnished  by  him.  The 
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to  visit  such  library  at  any  time,  either  for  counsel  upon  some  important  matter, 
or  for  the  purpose  of  inspecting  the  condition,  management  or  methods  of  the 
same,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  comply  with  such  request  at  his  earliest  con- 
venience. Any  resident  of  the  state  interested  in  any  existing  public  library,  or 
feeling  an  interest  in  the  establishment  of  a public  library  in  any  locality  in  said 
state,,  may  write  to  said  library  organizer  asking  for  information  upon  any  subject 
pertaining  to  library  management,  or  to  the  establishing  of  a new  library,  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  library  organizer  without  delay  to  cause  to  be  sent  to 
such  person  in  the  form  of  printed  circulars,  booklets  or  otherwise,  full  infor- 
mation upon  the  subject  inquired  about.  When  not  less  than  five  persons  interested 
in  the  establishing  of  a new  library  request  it,  said  library  organizer  shall  at  his 
earliest  convenience  visit  said  locality,  and  by  his  personal  presence  and  advice, 
aid  in  the  establishing  of  the  same.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  said  library 
organizer,  on  the  15th  day  of  November  of  each  year,  to  make  report  to  the  said 
library  commission  of  the  condition  of  the  various  public  libraries  of  the  state, 
showing  the  general  progress  made  during  the  year  in  library  extension,  giving 
such  statistics  as  the  library  commission  may  request,  and  making  such  sugges- 
tions as  may  be  by  him  deemed  pertinent.  He  shall  perform  such  other  duties 
as  the  said  library  commission  may  prescribe,  and  shall  render  an  account  from 
time  to  time  of  his  actual  and  necessary  expenses  to  said  library  commission,  who 
shall  audit  and  allow  the  same,  after  which  such  expenses  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
state  treasury  on  the  warrant  of  the  state  auditor,  as  shall  also  his  salary. 

Section  8.  The  librarian  of  the  state  library  shall  on  the  15th  of  November 
annually  make  report  to  the  state  library  commission  showing  the  condition  of 
said  library,  the  extent  and  character  of  its  work  during  the  preceding  year, 
giving  such  statistics  and  other  information  as  the  state  library  commission  may 
direct,  and  making  such  suggestions  and  recommendations  as  may  be  by  him 
deemed  pertinent.  Said  report  of  the  librarian  of  the  state  library,  and  also  the 
report  of  the  library  organizer  provided  for  in  section  seven  of  this  act,  shall 
accompany,  and  be  made  part*  of  the  report  of  the  state  library  commission, 
provided  for  in  section  three  hundred  and  fifty-three  of  the  Revised  Satutes ; 
and  the  governor  on  receipt  of  the  same  shall  cause  one  thousand  copies  thereof 
to  be  published,  one  copy  to  be  given  to  each  member  of  the  general  assembly 
at  the  beginning  of  the  next  session,  one  copy  to  be  sent  to  each  public  library  in 
the  state,  and  the  remainder  to  be  distributed  according  to  law. 

Section  9.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  pas- 


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